Challenges for the Future of Europe: Peace in Europe and the World

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation organized together with the Croatian Paneuropa Union (HPEU) an international conference on " Challenges for the Future of Europe: Peace in Europe and the World" in Zagreb from October 27th to 29th, 2023. In the presence of the Minister for foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić Radman, the Vice-President of the EU Commission and Commissioner for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Šuica and the MEP Karlo Ressler, the participants of the conference discussed the Europe's previous experiences in times of war, EU membership as a tool for securing peace in Europe, democratic principles as a requirement for freedom and security, the importance of European freedom and independence in complex geopolitical relationships, the importance of investing in the defence mechanisms of European countries and the contribution of the EU to ensure peace at the global level.