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The 51st Pan-Europa Days were organised by the Pan-European Union Germany in partnership with the Charlemagne Prize Foundation in Aachen from 16 to 18 May 2025 - to mark the 75th anniversary of the highest European award, which was first presented to the founder of the Pan-European Union, Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, on 18 May 1950. The congress was attended by guests from 21 countries.

At Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Paneuropa Spain, in collaboration with Paneuropa Austria and with the support of the Otto von Habsburg Foundation, organised a conference from 28 to 30 March 2025 entitled "The Geopolitical Dimension of European Unification: International Understanding Beyond Our Own Continent".

At the 63rd Andechs Europe Day, which took place on 22/23 March 2025 and was attended by more than 200 guests from many parts of Europe, the President of Paneuropa-Deutschland, Bernd Posselt, and the Chairman of the Europe Committee in the German Bundestag, Dr Anton Hofreiter of the Greens, warned against Western self-deception in Ukraine.

The General Assembly of the International Pan-European Union took place from 14 to 16 February 2025 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Alain Terrenoire was elected Honorary President and Pavo Barišić was elected President. A new Presidency Council was also elected.

After eight decades, the headquarters of Paneuropa Romania were inaugurated in the centre of Bucharest on 31 January 2025. Two international conferences were held on the occasion: "Inside Europe's Heart" and "The Future of Europe After the Draghi Report", the following day.

On 17 January 2025, the Pan-European Union of Macedonia organised an international conference, "Business Diplomacy – The Path to Economic Growth and International Cooperation", at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Skopje. The event was held in cooperation with the Pan-European Union of Austria and the Institute of Regions of Europe - Salzburg.

In the European Letters series published by the Coudenhove-Kalergi European Society, a text entitled Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi - Philosophical Successor of Immanuel Kant was published to mark the 130th birthday of the founder of the Pan-European Union and the 300th anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. The author of the article is Secretary General Pavo Barišić.

On the occasion of the presidential elections in the United States of America, which took place on 5 November 2024, President Alain Terrenoire and Secretary General Pavo Barišić sent a message to the members of the Pan-European Union.

The Croatian Pan-European Union, in cooperation with the International Pan-European Union and the Knights Alkar Society of Sinj, organised from 25 to 27 October 2024 in Split and Sinj the international conference ‘Mission of Europe in the World Order of Peace’.

Organised by the Pan-European Union of Germany in cooperation with the Bavarian State Chancellery and the European Institute for Political, Economic and Social Affairs, the 62nd Andechs Europe Day took place on 19/20 October 2024. The focus was on the question: South-East Europe – a no man's land?