By Constant Brand
13.05.2010 / 13:15 CET
Poland's prime minister becomes the second Pole to win European prize.
Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, was today awarded this year's Charlemagne Prize for his “outstanding contributions to the cause of European understanding”.
The prize, which was created after the Second World War by city officials in Aachen to promote European unity, is named after the Frankish King Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, who managed to united most of western Europe under his rule during the Middle Ages.
Charlemagne's capital was Aachen, which is now in Germany, and he is buried in the city's main cathedral.
The award committee noted Tusk, 53, who was active in Poland's Solidarity movement that helped to topple Communist rule in the 1980s, was a “patriot and a great European who helped ... lay the foundation for the reunification of Europe”.
He is the second Pole to win the award, after Pope John Paul II, the recipient in 2004.
Last year's winner, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, attended Thursday's ceremony as did other past winners, including Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker.
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek also attended.
Other notable past winners of the prize include former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, ex-US President Bill Clinton, Dutch Queen Beatrix, and former French President François Mitterrand.
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P.S. This is truly a time of a covert resurgence of the Holy Roman (polanski) Empire...
Peek a boo! Holy Romans we see you!
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