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The Karlspreis (engl.: Charlemagne Award) has been awarded once a year since 1950 by the German city of Aachen to people who contributed to the European idea and European peace. Traditionally the award is given to the recipient on the Ascension holiday in a ceremony in the town hall of Aachen.

Past recipients of the award include

• 1950 Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi
• 1951 Hendrik Brugmans
• 1952 Alcide de Gasperi
• 1953 Jean Monnet
• 1954 Konrad Adenauer
• 1956 Sir Winston S. Churchill
• 1957 Paul Henri Spaak
• 1958 Robert Schuman
• 1959 George C. Marshall
• 1960 Joseph Bech
• 1961 Walter HallsteinWalter Hallstein ( 17 November 1901 29 March 1982) was a German politician and professor. He was one of the key figures of European integration after World War II, becoming the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community. His name
• 1963 Edward HeathThe Right Honourable Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG, MBE (born July 9, 1916) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. His spell in office represented a transition between the tr
• 1964 Antonio SegniAntonio Segni ( February 2, 1891, Sassari December 1, 1972) was elected President of the Italian republic on May 6, 1962 (443 votes over 854), and retired from office on December 6, 1964 after serious paralysis. Father of Mariotto, better know as Mario, h
• 1966 Jens Otto Krag
• 1967 Joseph LunsJoseph Antoine Marie Hubert Luns ( August 28 1911 July 18 2002) was a Dutch politician and former NATO secretary-general. Joseph Luns was foreign minister of the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s. He refused to surrender what is now West Papua to the Ind
• 1969 The European CommissionThe European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities is the executive of the European Union. Its primary roles are to propose and enact legislation, and to act as 'guardian of the treaties' which provide the legal basis for the EU.
• 1970 François Seydoux de Clausonne
• 1972 Roy JenkinsRoy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead ( November 11, 1920 January 5, 2003) was a British politician and a prominent Labour MP in the 1960s and 1970s and founder member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Early life Born in Abersychan, Monmouthsh
• 1973 Don Salvador de MadariagaDon Salvador de Madariaga ( July 23 1886, A Coruna, Spain December 14 1978, Locarno, Switzerland)) was a Spanish diplomat and writer. Salvador de Madariaga won the Karlspreis for contributions to the European idea and European peace. He is the grandfather
• 1976 Leo TindemansLeo Tindemans born in Zwijndrecht on 16 april 1922, was prime minister ( CVP) of six Belgian governments, from 25 april 1974 to 20 october 1978. Preceded by: Edmond Leburton Prime Minister of Belgium Followed by: Wilfried Martens Tindemans, Leo.
• 1977 Walter Scheel
• 1978 Konstantin Karamanlis
• 1979 Emilio Colombo
• 1981 Simone Veil
• 1982 King Juan Carlos I. of Spain
• 1984 Karl Carstens
• 1986 The People of Luxembourg
• 1987 Henry A. Kissinger
• 1988 François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl
• 1989 Frère Roger
• 1990 Gyula Horn
• 1991 Václav Havel
• 1992 Jacques Delors
• 1993 Felipe González Márquez
• 1994 Gro Harlem Brundtland
• 1995 Franz Vranitzky
• 1996 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• 1997 Roman Herzog
• 1998 Bronislaw Geremek
• 1999 Anthony (Tony) Charles Lynton Blair
• 2000 William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton
• 2001 György Konrád
• 2002 The Euro
• 2003 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
• 2004 Pat Cox
• 2004 Extraordinary prize: Pope John Paul II