May 1, 2008
Our chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded the Karlspreis in Aachen today. This international prize honours people and institutions with particular achievments for Europe and European unification. A list of the first years’ laureates:
1950 Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi
1951 Hendrik Brugmans
1952 Alcide de Gasperi
1953 Jean Monnet
1954 Konrad Adenauer
1955 Sir Winston S. Churchill
1957 Paul Henri Spaak
1958 Robert Schuman
1959 George C. Marshall
And now Angela Merkel was awarded the prize for her crucial part in producing the Lissabon treaty.
May 1, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Schumann, De Gaspari, Adenauer… and Bill Clinton!
May 1, 2008 at 11:41 pm
One ‘n’ not two
May 2, 2008 at 9:25 am
Mille fois pardon. As relatives of mine are Schumanns with two ‘n’, I hope to be forgiven. Aelianus as undaunted as ever in pointing out my language-related errors to me…
May 2, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I fail to see how helping negotiate a traty is worthy of a prize. Treaty making is all in a days work for a government leader!