ROME (ANA-MPA) — Τhe youth group affiliated with ruling New Democracy party, ONNED, announced over the weekend that a bid by the youth group affiliated with the ruling party in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), VMRO-DPMNE, was prevented from joining the youth wing of the European Peoples Party (EPP).

    According to ONNED, the VMRO-DPMNE youth group had submitted a request to join the YEPP during the latter’s summit in Rome (April 2-5) with only the name “Macedonia” on the application, instead of the UN- and EU-recognised fYRoM.

    ONNED recommended a rejection of the application, with an open ballot subsequently held, where the application failed to win approval.

    Following a motion by the Junge Union — the German CDU party’s youth group — a secret ballot followed, where the application was rejected by an even higher margin.

    VMRO-DPMNE’s youth group will be eligible to re-apply after two years.

Source: http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=7477919&service=142

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