Adenauer-de Gaulle Prize

The Adenauer-de Gaulle Prize (German: Adenauer-de Gaulle-Preis, French: Prix de Gaulle-Adenauer) is an award given to French or German figures and institutions that have made an exceptional contribution to French-German cooperation.

[1] It is named after Germany's former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and France's former President Charles de Gaulle.

[2] They worked for a reconciliation between the two European countries.

[2] The prize is endowed with €10,000 and awarded alternatively in Germany and France.

[3] The award was established on 22 January 1988 (25th anniversary Élysée Treaty) by the German and French governments.

Presentation of Prize 2019 in Berlin to the association Une Terre Culturelle by the Minister of State for European Affairs, Michael Roth , and the French Ambassador to Germany, Anne-Marie Descôtes .