The Europeans of the Year award was established in 2001 by European Voice to honour influential European citizens who have mostly affected the European legislative and policy agenda. The annual award is officially supported by the Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt. Every year, senior editors of European Voice and a panel of advisors from the European Community select 50 people who have had most influence on the European legislative and policy agenda in the past year. The list includes European Commissioners, MEPs, heads of state, politicians, EU functionaries, NGOs, campaigners and European citizens. Following a public poll, the results of which are announced at a gala dinner, the winners in different categories receive the "Europeans of the Year" awards.
Year Winner Comment 2001 Bono U2 lead singer. 2002 Marco Cappato Italian MEP 2003 Lojze Peterle Slovenian MEP 2004 Recep Tayyip Erdogan prime minister of Turkey 2005 Jean-Claude Juncker prime minister of Luxembourg 2006 José Manuel Barroso European commission president 2007 Valdas Adamkus President of Lithuania 2008 Meglena Kuneva European commissioner for consumer protection 2009 2010 Kristalina Georgieva European Commissioner for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response 2011 Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark 2012 2013
References
External links The Europeans of the Year (archived as of February 2014)