The Christian Democratic party family of the European People’s Party (EPP) is to receive an update. Manfred Weber, who is also party leader in addition to his position as group leader in the European Parliament, wants to make the party more modern, more powerful and more capable of campaigning. The parliamentary group, with almost 200 MEPs and numerous staff in the MEPs’ offices, has recently carried considerably more weight, while the party’s substantive work has withered away.