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International Pan‑European Union

Pan-European Union

The history of the Pan-European Union is closely associated with the names of two prominent personalities: with its founder Richard Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894-1972) and his successor as International President, Dr Otto von Habsburg (1912-2011).

The International Pan-European Union, gathered at its General Assembly in Strasbourg on 10 December 1995, is faithfully adherant as a supra-national movement to the political ideas and ideals of its founder, Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi. Formulated by him for the first time in 1922, the vision of a Europe united in freedom, justice and peace, continues to apply unabated, even after the historic changes of the past few years.