Honorary Citizen of Europe
Honorary Citizen of Europe is an honour bestowed by the European Council of the European Union, for extraordinary work to promote European cooperation.
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Jean Monnet (the first living person, excluding German heads of state, to be pictured on a German postage stamp)
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Helmut Kohl
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Jacques Delors
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Flag of the European Union
It has only been bestowed on three people:
- Jean Monnet (2 April 1976, during the meeting of the council in Luxembourg)[1]
- Helmut Kohl (11 December 1998, during the meeting of the council in Vienna)[2]
- Jacques Delors (25 June 2015, for "his remarkable contribution to the development of the European project")[3]
References
- "Uniting People" (PDF). Epp-ed.eu. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- "Vienna European Council, 11 and 12 December 1998, Presidency Conclusions". European Council. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/06/24-tusk-invitation-letter-european-council/
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