FYRoM ruling party youth group's bid to join YEPP blocked
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.
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