Honorary Citizen of Europe

Honorary Citizen of Europe is an honour bestowed by the European heads of state or government, for extraordinary work to promote European cooperation. So far, 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] and Jacques Delors. On 25 June 2015, Donald Tusk announced that Jacques Delors would be made Honorary Citizen of Europe, in recognition of "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/

Honorary citizenship around the world

Countries	Canada Ireland Republic of Korea Singapore United States

Cities and regions	Belgrade Berlin Gyumri Hamburg Munich Paris Rapallo Schleswig-Holstein Skopje Vienna Zagreb

See also	Europe Revolutionary France

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