Giscard d’Estaing Honoured

March 12, 2003
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Aachen : The French Statesman is to receive the Charlemagne Prize for his services to Europe

The President of the European Convention and former French president, Valery Giscard d’Estaing 77, will receive the 2003 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen. The award was recently announced by Prof. Dr. Walter Eversheim, the spokesman of the Charlemagne prize Board of Directors. The prize will be presented in the Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall on May 29, 2003. As Eversheim explained, Giscard d’Estaing will be honoured as a great statesman and European “Who has rendered outstanding services to a united Europe in different positions over many decades and who has now assumed the task, together with the members of the Convention, of reshaping the European community by drafting European constitution. The Charlemagne Prize is considered one of the most important European honours. It has been awarded to personalities and institutions since 1950 and celebrates services to the unification of Europe.