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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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]
- Honorees
References edit
- ^ "Uniting People" (PDF). Epp-ed.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Vienna European Council, 11 and 12 December 1998, Presidency Conclusions". European Council. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^ "Invitation letter by President Donald Tusk to the members of the European Council". Consilium. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on Jul 10, 2022.