Angelos Athanasopoulos has been working as the National and Regional Press Director in the European People’s Party (EPP) since October 2022. He is responsible for the relations between the EPP Headquarters and the national and regional media in the EU member-states but also in every other state where the EPP has ordinary, associated and observer-status member-parties. He was also a member of the campaign team of EPP’s lead candidate for the 2024 European Parliament elections. Before joining EPP, Angelos Athanasopoulos worked in newspaper “To Vima”, one of the most influential and prestigious newspapers in Greece, for almost 25 years. He left after reaching the top management position of Editor-in-Chief in Politics, while also writing on foreign policy, security/defence and EU affairs. He holds an M.A. in International Relations and Strategic Studies, a B.A. in International and European Studies and a B.A. in Media and Communications. He has also been a European Marshall Memorial Fellow (MMF) for the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in 2008. In 2020, he received the “Botsis’ Foundation Prize”, the most prominent award on journalism excellence in Greece, for his coverage of diplomatic and defense affairs, by the President of the Hellenic Republic. In 2011, he was awarded the “Eleni Vlachou” prize for distinguished journalism from the Greek Parliament and the German Embassy in Athens for reporting on European affairs. Since January 2020, Angelos Athanasopoulos was appointed in the Advisory Group of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), the most prestigious think-tank in Greece.