Honorary Citizen of Europe
Honorary Citizen of Europe is an award given by the European heads of state and government in the European Council for special services to the shaping, cooperation and enlargement of the European Union . The award does not take place in a chronological cycle. So far it has only been awarded to three people.
The honorary citizens of Europe
Jean Monnet (born November 9, 1888 in Cognac , † March 16, 1979 in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne )
- Author of the Schuman Plan , former President of the High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1952 to 1955, co-founder and chairman of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe (ACUSE) from 1955 to 1975
- Awarded April 2, 1976
Helmut Kohl (born April 3, 1930 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † June 16, 2017 there)
- Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1982–1998
- Awarded December 11, 1998
Jacques Delors (born July 20, 1925 in Paris)
- President of the European Commission 1985–1994
- Awarded on June 26, 2015
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean Monnet 1888-1979. Historiasiglo20.org, accessed July 2, 2017 .
- ^ Vienne European Council, 11 and 12 December 1998, Presidency Conclusions. In: consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved June 16, 2017 .
- ↑ European Council, 25-26 / 06/2015 - Consilium. In: consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved June 16, 2017 .