European of the Year (European Voice award)

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 Republic of Ireland Bono U2 lead singer.
2002 Italy Marco Cappato Italian MEP
2003 Malta Eddie Fenech Adami prime minister of Malta
2004 Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan prime minister of Turkey
2005 Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker prime minister of Luxembourg
2006 Portugal José Manuel Barroso European commission president
2007 Lithuania Valdas Adamkus president of Lithuania
2008 Bulgaria Meglena Kuneva European commissioner for consumer protection
2009
2010 Bulgaria Kristalina Georgieva European Commissioner for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response
2011
2012
2013

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