HISTORY

Established in 1961 in Garmisch as the Communauté des Association d’Editeurs de Journaux du Marché Commun (the Confederation of Newspaper Publishers of the Common Market - CAEJ), following the Treaty of Rome in 1957 which established the European Communities, CAEJ operated as a forum for discussion and exchange of information for European publishers, as well as meeting Heads of State and issuing statements on pan-European issues related to the newspaper publishing industry.

In 1991 the decision was taken to establish a formal association with a permanent Secretariat in Brussels, and CAEJ was re-born as an international non-profit trade association established under Belgian law (aisbl).

In the mid-1990’s the association changed its name to ENPA – the European Newspaper Publishers’ Association, and has since then matured and evolved while still continuing to its work to achieve its core objectives; namely to promote and defend the interests of the European newspaper publishing industry at different European institutions and organisations and to provide a forum for the exchange of information for our members from across Europe.