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The International Paneuropean Union, also referred to as the Paneuropean Movement and the Pan-Europa Movement, is International Paneuropean the oldest European unification movement. It began with the Union publishing of Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi's manifesto Paneuropa (1923), which presented the idea of a unified European State. Coudenhove-Kalergi, a member of the Bohemian Coudenhove-Kalergi family and the son of an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and a Japanese mother, was the organisation's central figure and President until his death in 1972.

It is independent of all political parties, but has a set of four basic The stars from the principles by which it appraises politicians, parties, and institutions: have in recent years been added to , Christianity, social responsibility, and pro- the Paneuropean flag.[1] Europeanism.

Contents Members History original flag (1922) Presidents Formation 1923 Members Type European See also unification References movement External links Headquarters Strasbourg Location President Alain Terrenoire Members (2004– )

The Paneuropean Union is one of the largest European Website www.international- organizations and in 2020 has member organizations in[2] paneuropean-union .eu (http://www.inte rnational-paneurop ean-union.eu/) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paneuropean_Union 1/4 3/8/2021 Paneuropean Union - Wikipedia France

History

The organisation was prohibited by Nazi Germany in 1933, and was founded again after the Second World War. Otto von Habsburg, the head of the Habsburg dynasty and former Crown Prince of Austria- Hungary, became involved with the Paneuropean Union in the 1930s, was elected its Vice President in 1957 and became its International President in 1973, after Coudenhove's death. The President of the Union since 2004 is Alain Terrenoire, former Member of Parliament in France and MEP and Director of the French Paneuropa-Union. Otto Habsburg became the International Honorary President of the International Paneuropean Union in 2004. Its Vice President is Walburga Habsburg Douglas, a member of the Swedish Parliament.

The Union has branches in many European countries, with the General Secretariat located in . In France, the Pan-Europa Union was founded by later President and later cabinet minister Louis Terrenoire, with the support of . The Union achieved high political influence in France, particularly within the Gaullist segment of French politics.

Winston Churchill lauded the movement's work for a unified Europe prior to the war in his famous Zurich speech in 1946.[3][4]

In 1947, the group formed around Duncan Sandys, , Edvard Beneš and others split into newly formed European Movement in opposition of the Union's strong .

Grounded in liberal values, the Paneuropean Union was considered staunchly anti-communist from its inception and especially during the . For this reason, the organisation was much reviled by the communist regimes of the . The organisation became renowned for its role in organising the Pan-European Picnic, an important event during the .

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Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1923–1972), elected the first International President in 1926. Otto von Habsburg, MEP, the former Crown Prince Otto of Austria-Hungary (1973–2004) Alain Terrenoire, former Member of Parliament and MEP, France (2004–)

The Austrian-Hungarian border Members crossing where the Pan-European Picnic took place in 1989 The Paneuropean Union lists the following as historical members:[5][6]

Konrad Adenauer Léon Blum Paul Claudel Benedetto Croce Sigmund Freud Ortega y Gasset Charles de Gaulle Otto von Habsburg Bronisław Huberman

Paul Löbe Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, 1894–1972 Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Georges Pompidou Arthur Schnitzler Franz Josef Strauß Richard Strauss Paul Valéry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paneuropean_Union 3/4 3/8/2021 Paneuropean Union - Wikipedia See also

Pan-European identity – mainly through the and the Council of Europe – opposition to the process of political European integration

References

1. This flag variant was displayed at the funeral procession for Otto of Habsburg in 2011. 2. Paneuropa - Member Organisations, 13 May 2020. (http://www.international-paneuropean-union.eu/ #/EN/Member_Organisations) 3. Michael Gehler; Wolfram Kaiser, Helmut Wohnout: Christdemokratie in Europa im 20. Jahrhundert: Christian democracy in 20th century Europe. Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2001, ISBN 3205993608, Seiten 595. 4. Trevor C. Salmon; William Nicoll: Building European Union: a documentary history and analysis. Manchester University Press, 1997, ISBN 0719044464, Seite 26. 5. Richard Vaughan, Twentieth-Century Europe: Paths to Unity, Taylor & Francis, 1979, ISBN 0064971724 6. Pan-Europa – The parent idea of a united Europe, 13 May 2020. (http://www.international-paneurope an-union.eu/#/EN/History_of_PEU)

External links

Official website (http://www.international-paneuropean-union.eu/) European Society Coudenhove-Kalergi (https://web.archive.org/web/20190423192809/http://www.co udenhove-kalergi-society.eu/) Archival sources on the Paneuropean Union (http://archives.eui.eu/en/fonds/181668?item=PAN/EU) at the Historical Archives of the EU (http://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU/Index.aspx) in Pan-Europa (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006068403) by Richard N. Coudenhove-Kalergi

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