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Julien Vanderbeeken, President of the Pan-European Union Belgium, former member of the Presidency and Deputy Secretary General of the International Pan-European Union, Secretary of the Pan-European Working Group in the European Parliament, died on Thursday 18 April 2024 at the age of 82.

The former Co-President of Paneuropa Switzerland and former member of the Presidency Council, Treasurer and Secretary General of the International Pan-European Union André Poulin died on 7 March 2024 in Geneva at the age of 70.

Under the title ‘World in Flames. Why Freedom Needs Europe’, the Pan-European Union Germany, in cooperation with the Bavarian State Chancellery and the European Institute for Political, Economic and Social Affairs, organised the 61st Andechs Europe Day on 16/17 March 2024.

On 8 and 9 March 2024, the international conference ‘For a Stronger and Safer Europe: A Pan-European Vision of the European Union and Schengen Enlargement’ was organised by the Pan-European Union Romania at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest.

The convinced and committed Pan-European Juraj Alner (1937-2024) passed away on 31 January 2024. He was Secretary General of the Slovakian Pan-European Union from 1994 to 2013.

From 26 to 28 January 2024, the Macedonian Pan-European Union organised an international conference in Skopje entitled ‘Next big enlargement of Europe - Contribution for the peace or challenge for the stability of Europe?’. More than 70 participants from ten European countries took part.

On the occasion of the death of the 8th President of the European Commission, Jacques Delors, who passed away on 27 December 2023, President Alain Terrenoire paid tribute and expressed his gratitude on behalf of the members of the International Pan-European Union.

On behalf of the Presidency Council of the International Pan-European Union, President Alain Terrenoire, Secretary General Pavo Barišić and Deputy Secretary General Vanja Gavran sent a Christmas and New Year greeting card crowned with a Pan-European message of peace for the coming year 2024.

Zagreb and Banja Luka hosted the international conference ‘Peace in Europe and the World’, organised by the Croatian Pan-European Union in cooperation with the Pan-European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Pan-European Union from 27 to 29 October 2023.

The Declaration on Peace in Europe and the World was adopted at the Council of the Presidency of the International Pan-European Union on 29 October 2023 in Zagreb.