Press registration: EPP Western Balkan Study Visit & Conference in Sarajevo

02. June 2026

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The European People's Party (EPP) is organising its annual study visit and conference in the Western Balkan region on 8 June 2026, to take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina this year.
As EU enlargement is a key priority of the EPP and as this process has entered a new phase with momentum, the event will focus on the accession progress of the Western Balkan countries vis-a-vis the European Union.
Note to press Journalists may follow the sessions on Monday taking place at Hotel Europe, see programme below. The event will finish with press statements at 17:30h.
Journalists wishing to cover the event must register via the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/k7N3NYvPJn  For security reasons, please ensure that you bring a valid form of identification. Journalists will be given access to the venue upon presentation of their national press ID cards.
Press registration will open at 13:30h. We kindly ask those with cameras to arrive on time to set up before the programme starts.
Details of the event Location: Hotel Europe, Vladislava Skarića 5, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia & Herzegovina Date: 8 June 2026 Time: 14:30 – 18:00Programme: 14.30-16:00: High-level Panel Discussion: Driving Enlargement: The EPP’s Leadership Role in the Western Balkans Opening: Manfred WEBER, EPP President Welcome Remarks: Borjana KRIŠTO, Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, (HDZ BiH) Chair: Reinhold LOPATKA, European Parliament EPP Rapporteur on Montenegro
  • Ervin IBRAHIMOVIĆ, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro, (BS)
  • Timco MUCUNSKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs, (VMRO-DPMNE)
  • Ana BRNABIĆ, Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia, (SNS)
  • Sali BERISHA, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, leader of the opposition
16:00-17:00: Special Interventions Chair: Manfred WEBER, EPP President
  • Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS, Prime Minister of Greece, (ND), video message
  • Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Prime Minister of Croatia, (HDZ)-
  • Milojko SPAJIĆ, Prime Minister of Montenegro, (Europe Now)-
  • Christian SCHMIDT, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
17.00-17.30h: Coffee Break 17.30-18.00: Press Statements
  • Manfred WEBER, EPP President
  • Bakir IZETBEGOVIĆ, President of SDA
  • Dragan ČOVIĆ, President of HDZ BiH
  • Draško STANIVUKOVIĆ, President of PDP
  • Ilija CVITANOVIĆ, President of HDZ 1990
  • Branko BLANUŠA, President of SDS



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