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Charlemagne Prize Society Supports Charlemagne Prize Laureate Maria Kalesnikava (September 2023)
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Pinchas Goldschmidt and the Jewish people in Europe 2024
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Volodymyr Zelenksyy and the People of Ukraine 2023
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Maria Kalesnikava, Swetlana Tichanowskaja and Veronica Tsepkalo 2022
Biography
Speech (extract) by Annalena Baerbock
Speech (extract) by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Klaus Iohannis 2020/21
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Speech (extract) by Charles Michel
Speech (extract) by Klaus Iohannis
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António Guterres 2019
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Citation by the Board of Directors
Speech (extract) by H.M. King Felipe VI
Speech (extract) by António Guterres
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Emmanuel Macron 2018
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Speech (extract) by Angela Merkel
Speech (extract) by Emmanuel Macron
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Timothy Garton Ash 2017
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Laudation (extract) by Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Speech (extract) by Timothy Garton Ash
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His Holiness Pope Francis 2016
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Laudation (extract) by Marcel Philipp
Speech (extract) by His Holiness Pope Francis
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Martin Schulz 2015
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Laudation (extract) by Marcel Philipp
Speech (extract) by Martin Schulz
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Herman Van Rompuy 2014
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Speech by Marcel Philipp
Speech (extract) by Herman Van Rompuy
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Dalia Grybauskaitė 2013
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Laudation (extract) by Martin Schulz
Speech (extract) by Dalia Grybauskaitė
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Wolfgang Schäuble 2012
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Laudation (extract) by Jean-Claude Juncker
Speech (extract) by Wolfgang Schäuble
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Jean-Claude Trichet 2011
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Speech (extract) by José Manuel Durà£o Barroso
Speech (extract) by Jean-Claude Trichet
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Donald Tusk 2010
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Laudation (extract)
Speech (extract) by Donald Tusk
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Andrea Riccardi 2009
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Laudation (extract) by Pat Cox
Speech (extract) by Andrea Riccardi
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Angela Merkel 2008
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Speech (extract) by Jürgen Linden
Speech (extract) by Angela Merkel
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Javier Solana Madariaga 2007
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Laudation (extract) by Jean-Claude Juncker
Speech (extract) by Javier Solana Madariaga
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Jean-Claude Juncker 2006
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Laudation (extract) by Helmut Kohl
Speech (extract) by Jean-Claude Juncker
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2005
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Speech (extract) by Jürgen Linden
Speech (extract) by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Patrick Cox 2004
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Laudation (extract) by Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
Speech (extract) by Patrick Cox
Extraordinary Charlemagne Prize 2004 His Holiness Pope John Paul II
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Speech by Jürgen Linden (extract)
Speech (extract) by His Holiness Pope John Paul II
Valéry Giscard d´Estaing 2003
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Laudation (extract) by Johannes Rau
Speech (extract) by Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
The Euro 2002
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Laudation (extract) by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Speech (extract) by Wim Duisenberg
György Konrád 2001
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Laudation (extract) by Roman Herzog
Speech (extract) by György Konrád
William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton 2000
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Laudation by von Gerhard Schröder
Speech by Bill Clinton
Anthony (Tony) Charles Lynton Blair 1999
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Laudation (extract) by Lionel Jospin
Speech (extract) by Anthony C. L. Blair
Bronislaw Geremek 1998
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Laudation (extract) by Arpad Göncz
Speech (extract) by Bronislaw Geremek
Roman Herzog 1997
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Jürgen Linden
Speech (extract) by Roman Herzog
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands 1996
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Laudation (extract) by Roman Herzog
Speech (extract) by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Franz Vranitzky 1995
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Speech (extract) by Jürgen Linden
Speech (extract) by Franz Vranitzky
Gro Harlem Brundtland 1994
Biography
Speech (extract) by Jürgen Linden
Speech (extract) by Gro Harlem Brundtland
Felipe González Márquez 1993
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Franz Vranitzky
Speech (extract) by Felipe González Márquez
Jacques Delors 1992
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Mário Soares
Speech (extract) by Jacques Delors
Václav Havel 1991
Biography
Laudation (extract) by François Mitterrand
Speech (extract) by Václav Havel
Gyula Horn 1990
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Speech (extract) by Gyula Horn
Frère Roger 1989
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Laudation (extract) by Rita Waschbüsch
Speech (extract) by von Frère Roger
François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl 1988
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Laudation (extract) by Richard von Weizsäcker
Henry A. Kissinger 1987
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Laudation (extract) by Walter Scheel
Speech (extract) by Henry Kissinger
The people of Luxembourg 1986
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Laudation (extract) by Karl Carstens
Speech (extract) by Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Karl Carstens 1984
Biography
Laudation (extract) by King Juan Carlos I.
Speech (extract) by Karl Carstens
King Juan Carlos I. of Spain 1982
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Kurt Malangré
Speech (extract) by King Juan Carlos I. of Spain
Simone Veil 1981
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Kurt Malangré
Speech (extract) by Simone Veil
Emilio Colombo 1979
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Laudation (extract) by Leo Tindemans
Speech (extract) by Emilio Colombo
Konstantin Karamanlis 1978
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Kurt Malangré
Speech (extract) by Konstantin Karamanlis
Walter Scheel 1977
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Joseph M. A. H. Luns
Speech (extract) by Walter Scheel
Leo Tindemans 1976
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Roy Jenkins
Speech (extract) by Leo Tindemans
Don Salvador de Madariaga 1973
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Laudation (extract) by Hendrik Brugmans
Speech (extract) by Don Salvador de Madariaga
Roy Jenkins 1972
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Hermann Heusch
Speech (extract) by Roy Jenkins
François Seydoux de Clausonne 1970
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Laudation (extract) by Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Speech (extract) by François Seydoux de Clausonne
The Commission of the European Communities 1969
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Hermann Heusch
Speech (extract) by Jean Rey
Joseph Luns 1967
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Laudation (extract) by Edward Heath
Speech (extract) by Joseph Luns
Jens Otto Krag 1966
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Hermann Heusch
Speech (extract) by Jens Otto Krag
Antonio Segni 1964
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Laudation (extract) by Walter Hallstein
Speech (extract) by Antonio Segni
Edward Heath 1963
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Laudation (extract) by Walter Hallstein
Speech (extract) by Edward Heath
Walter Hallstein 1961
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Laudation (extract) by Jean Monnet
Speech (extract) by Walter Hallstein
Joseph Bech 1960
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Robert Schuman
Speech (extract) by Joseph Bech
George C. Marshall 1959
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Laudation (extract) by Mayor Hermann Heusch
Speech (extract) by George C. Marshall
Robert Schuman 1958
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Hermann Heusch
Speech (extract) by Robert Schuman
Paul Henri Spaak 1957
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Hermann Heusch
Speech (extract) by Paul Henri Spaak
Sir Winston S. Churchill 1955
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Laudation (extract) by Konrad Adenauer
Speech (extract) by Winston Churchill
Konrad Adenauer 1954
Biography
Laudation (extract) by Richard Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi
Speech (extract) by Konrad Adenauer
Jean Monnet 1953
Biography
Speech (extract) by Mayor Albert Maas
Alcide de Gasperi 1952
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Albert Maas
Speech (extract) by Alcide de Gasperi
Hendrik Brugmans 1951
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Speech (extract) by Mayor Albert Maas
Speech (extract) by Hendrik Brugmans
Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi 1950
Biography
Speech (extract) by Mayor Albert Maas
Speech (extract) by Richard Nikolaus Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi
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