The Charles V European Award is awarded by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation. The award is delivered to those individuals, organisations, projects or initiatives who "with their effort and dedication, have contributed to the general understanding and appreciation of the cultural, scientific values, historians of Europe, as well as the process of unification of the European Community".
History The award bears the name of Charles V of Habsburg; it is given in Cuacos de Yuste, where Charles V died in 1558. Charles, born in Ghent (Flanders, Belgium) and descendant of Austrian and Spanish ancestors, ruled the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and other nations of Central Europe in the 16th century. He was a polyglot (speaking French, Dutch, Latin, Spanish, Italian, and German) and a believer in the medieval idea of a united Christian Europe. He was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Aachen palatine chapel, the same place where previously Charlemagne had been crowned.
This award was established in 1995, to highlight the European spirit of Spain, similarly to other European prizes such as the Charlemagne Prize, awarded by the city of Aachen since 1950, and was presented to King Juan Carlos I in 1982.
Recipients 1995. Jacques Delors 1998. Wilfried Martens 2000. Felipe González Márquez 2002. Mikhail Gorbachev 2004. Jorge Sampaio 2006. Helmut Kohl 2008. Simone Veil 2011. Javier Solana Madariaga 2013. José Manuel Durão Barroso 2016. Sofia CorradiThe viral spirit of the Erasmus effect 2017. Marcelino Oreja Aguirre 2018. Antonio Tajani 2019. Cultural Route of the Council of Europe 2021. Angela Merkel 2022. European Disability Forum 2023. António Guterres 2024. Mario Draghi 2025. Josep Borrell
By country Spain : 4 Portugal, Italy : 3 France, Germany : 2 Belgium, Russia, Council of Europe : 1
External links Yuste Foundation
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