Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

the wilfried martens centre for european studies (previously the centre for european studies) was established in 2007 as the political foundation and official think tank of the european people’s party (epp). the martens centre has four main goals: advancing centre-right thought, contributing to the formulation of eu and national policies, serving as a framework for national political foundations and academics and stimulating public debate about the eu. the centre embodies a pan-european mind-set based on centre-right, christian democrat, conservative and like-minded political values and research. it serves as a framework for national political foundations linked to member parties of the epp, with 29 foundations currently members. the martens centre takes part in the preparation of epp programmes and policy documents. it organises seminars and training on eu policies and on the process of european integration. the centre also contributes to formulating eu and national public policies. i