The European People’s Party has launched a "Win2029" task force in Brussels to prepare its platform for the 2029 European elections, with migration a key fault line affecting voters across the European Union. Politico reports party chair Manfred Weber set up the group two weeks ago, to be led by Spanish MEP Esteban González Pons, with talks starting at an October retreat in Sicily and continuing to the spring 2027 EPP congress in Rome.
Why it matters: This matters because the EPP is the EU’s largest center-right bloc, and its choices on migration and cooperation with harder-right parties can shape legislation, asylum policy and election coalitions across multiple countries. Supporters argue it needs a stronger response to win back voters; critics inside the party warn moving right could weaken its centrist position.
Max Griera
2026.09.28
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This article establishes a distinct story about the EPP's formal early launch of a 2029 election-planning effort centered in part on migration strategy and whether to maintain or loosen cooperation boundaries with far-right parties.
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