{"id":91,"date":"2025-01-13T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me.mwd-dev.lu\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:29:20","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/me.mwd-dev.lu\/de\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Auszeichnungen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awards<\/h1>\n
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The awards \u2013 which are strictly limited in terms of numbers \u2013 are known as the \u201cM\u00e9rite europ\u00e9en\u201d. They consist of the \u201cgrand collier\u201d, the \u201ccollier\u201d, the gold, silver and bronze medals and the \u201cdipl\u00f4me d\u2019honneur\u201d and \u201cdipl\u00f4me de reconnaissance\u201d. They are intended to reward those who have made a significant contribution to the objectives of the Foundation over and above their purely professional achievements. They symbolise, we should remember, \u201ctribute paid to the struggle for the Union of peoples in freedom, peace and fraternity\u201d and are a concrete expression of adherence to the Foundation\u2019s motto \u201cWanting Europe, knowing its problems and acting to achieve it\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

These awards are:<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n

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The \u201cgrand collier\u201d<\/h3>\n
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of which only one has been awarded, at a prestigious academic ceremony in 2010, to mark the Foundation\u2019s 40th anniversary, to HRH Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, who accepted it, on behalf of the Luxembourg people, for their commitment to Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The \u201ccollier\u201d<\/h3>\n
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a very high-level award, only one of which is awarded annually to an eminent figure who embodies, in an exemplary and exceptional manner, the Foundation\u2019s motto. The \u201ccollier\u201d was awarded for the first time on the occasion of the Foundation\u2019s 40th anniversary and, by way of exception, to four major European figures: Jerzy Buzek<\/strong>, President of the European Parliament, Herman Van Rompuy<\/strong>, President of the European Council, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso<\/strong>, President of the European Commission, and Jean-Claude Juncker<\/strong>, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Eurogroup. In 2012 it was awarded to Jean-Claude Trichet<\/strong>, President of the European Central Bank. A very small number of gold, silver and bronze medals is awarded every year to people who have made a significant contribution to the Foundation\u2019s aims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The \u201cdipl\u00f4me d\u2019honneur\u201d and \u201cdipl\u00f4me de reconnaissance\u201d<\/h3>\n
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meet the same objective of recognising merit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Some examples:<\/span><\/h1>\n
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In the first 43 years of the Foundation\u2019s history the most eminent figures from various fields \u2013 political, economic, humanist, scientific and cultural \u2013 were honoured for their struggle \u201cfor the union of the peoples of Europe, in freedom, peace and fraternity\u201d, but also for their contribution to the development of European values.<\/p>\n

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They include: Simone Veil, former Minister and President of the European Parliament, Viviane Reding, former European Commissioner, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former Head of the Polish Government, Franz K\u00f6nig, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna, Wilfried Martens, former Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the Parti populaire europ\u00e9en, Michel Rocard, Edward Heath and Pierre Werner, former Prime Ministers, Roy Jenkins, Gaston Thorn, Jacques Santer and Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, successive former Presidents of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup and current President of the European Commission, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former German Foreign Minister, Martin Gray, internationally renowned humanist, Avi Primor, Israel\u2019s former Ambassador to Germany, Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Klaus H\u00e4nsch, former Presidents of the European Parliament, Kai-Uwe von Hassel, former President of the Deutscher Bundestag and founder of the German Circle of European Merit, Gao Xingjian, artist, writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, Ferran Adri\u00e0, voted the world\u2019s top chef for five years, Herman Van Rompuy, first President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank, Sir Brian Unwin and Philippe Maystadt, former Presidents of the European Investment Bank, Lord Norman Foster, internationally renowned British architect and one of the leading exponents of high tech. architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The cities of Santiago de Compostela and Strasbourg also received awards for their historic European past, which they actively project into the present.<\/p>\n

Equally deserving of a mention are those (often anonymous) working at grass-roots level to promote the European idea, such as Liane Vissers van\u2019t Hof, a secondary school teacher in the Netherlands who made an excellent film on Europe, with her students as the only actors, or Berendina van Sminia, who set up in the Netherlands a European Parliament of young people, which was highly successful in many European Union Member States. In Belgium mention should be made of people such as Mr and Mrs Edmond Warichet, geography and economics teachers respectively at a celebrated secondary school. They are the only couple to have received an award from the Fondation du M\u00e9rite europ\u00e9en for the example they have set, as they have each year both devoted some of their lessons to Europe, on a par with other subjects, for they believe that this should be part of the process of learning about European citizenship. It is also worth mentioning a number of schools that have received awards for their activities and their commitment to Europe or people such as the musician who reworked the European anthem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Awarded<\/h1>\n
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Signore Enzo MAOVERO MILANESI<\/h1>\n
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ITALY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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HE The Italian Ambassador<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Monsieur Roger CAYZELLE<\/h1>\n
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FRANCE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Monsieur Erwin BRUM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Herr Peter-Christian MULLER-GRAFF<\/h1>\n
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GERMANY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Herr Carl BAUDENBACHER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meneer Henrik KR\u00d6NER<\/h1>\n
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THE NETHERLANDS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Charles-Ferdinand NOTHOMB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Diploma was awarded to the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h1>\n

Europa Schule, Dortmund<\/h1>\n
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Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Madame PAPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lyc\u00e9e Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e<\/h1>\n
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Luxembourg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Monsieur Jos SALENTINY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A musical interlude was provided by the Music Section of the Athen\u00e9e,<\/p>\n

directed by Madame Vera LECUIT<\/p>\n

– The Responses by the Gold Medallists –<\/strong><\/p>\n

followed by the European Hymn<\/p>\n

– A reception was offered by the Repreentation of the European Commission in Luxembourg, who also generously provided interpretation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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