At the Founding Assembly, which took place on November 14th 2016, in the Cultural Information Center “Budo Tomovic” in Podgorica, the Youth Presidency was elected as well as the President and Secretary of the MPEU Youth. Marko Simović, MSc, was elected as President of the Youth Organization of the MPEU, and for Secretary Ivana Kojović. The President of MPEU, prof. dr Gordana Đurović addressed the attendees with a welcome speech and emphasized the importance of establishing this
international organization in Montenegro, expressing her satisfaction that the young people recognized the values of the Pan-European idea for Montenegro, which in the end will only contribute to the faster integration of Montenegro into the EU.
The participants were also addressed by the Vice-Presidents Dragan Jočić, who spoke about the history of this oldest European organization and Đorđe Raičević, who spoke about the importance of establishing the MPEU and the future obligations of the youth within the same. Secretary General Vladan Lalović spoke about the current socio-political moment in the region and Europe from the aspect of European integration.
Newly elected Youth President Marko Simović expressed gratitude for support and trust, and stressed that he and his team will actively work on the realization of the program goals of the Montenegrin Pan-European Union.