Honorary Citizen of Europe

Honour bestowed by the European Council

Honorary Citizen of Europe is an honour bestowed by the European Council of the European Union, for extraordinary work to promote European cooperation.

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]
Jacques Delors (25 June 2015, for "his remarkable contribution to the development of the European project")^[3]

Honorees
Jean Monnet
Helmut Kohl
Jacques Delors

References

^ "Uniting People" (PDF). Epp-ed.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "Vienna European Council, 11 and 12 December 1998, Presidency Conclusions". European Council. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
^ "Invitation letter by President Donald Tusk to the members of the European Council". Consilium. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on Jul 10, 2022.