The accession of the Montenegrin Pan-European Union into the International Paneuropean Union membership
At the session of the Presidency of the International Pan-European Union, a unanimous decision was made on the accession of the Montenegrin Pan-European Union to the full membership of this oldest European association dealing with issues of European integration and the unity of Europe. The session was held in Sarajevo on May 27-29 in the framework of the International Conference “Bosnia and Herzegovina, South East Europe, European Union: Challenges of Integration and Regional Cooperation in the Context of Globalization”.
At the conference, in addition to the President of the International Pan-European Union Alain Terrenoir, vice-president, academician Prof. Mislav Jozic PhD and the Secretary General Prof. Pavo Barišić PhD were present a large number of distinguished IPEU members, senior state officials, diplomats, university professors and intellectuals from several European countries: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia , Bulgaria and Albania.
The Montenegrin Pan-European Union was represented by Secretary General Vladan Lalović, Vice President Djordje Raičević and Member Miro Mulešković. The decision to admit the Montenegrin branch into a large and influential Pan-European family has a special significance, not only for its further strengthening and work on the promotion of modern European values and vision for a more stable and prosperous Europe, but also for Montenegro and all its citizens. The members of the International Pan-European Union have adopted a Declaration, with special attention to the inter-state relations in the countries of the region, to the calming of the tensions that have been increasingly expressed in recent times. This part of Europe must be stable, because stabilization is one of the criteria on the European path for all its countries. Therefore, the signatories of the Declaration are looking for greater engagement of the European Union in the implementation of the stabilization policy. Further on, the regional cooperation strategy is fully supported by the Adriatic-Ionian strategy, whose members are Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and Greece, who are closely linked geographically, with traffic and energy. The Pan-European Union invites all EU countries to unite in the challenges and crisis we face. The European project is not questionable and at the same time calls for the Stabilization and Enlargement Policy to be one of the most important ongoing tasks for a better European future.
