THE AWARD

In order to reward the work of people, organisations, projects or initiatives that have contributed to the general knowledge and enhancement of Europe’s cultural, social, scientific and historical values as well as the process of European construction and integration through their efforts and dedication, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation instituted the Carlos V European Award, whose nineteenth edition is now announced.

In this 19th edition, the jury has decided to award the Carlos V European Award to the European Committee of the Regions, a consultative assembly that brings together local and regional representatives of the European Union, giving subnational bodies a direct voice within the EU’s institutional framework.

The jury highlighted its contribution to integrating Europe’s cities and regions into the common project, enabling citizens to raise their everyday concerns and issues to the EU institutions, thereby ensuring that European Union legislation incorporates the territorial dimensión and respects the principle of subsidiarity. In times of complexity and polarisation, it has promoted balance, attentive listening, and multi-level and cross-border cooperation. It has also demonstrated that cooperation and territorial diversity are strengths that make Europe fairer, more realistic, and more resilient. Its actions embody the unity in diversity that underpins European integration and guarantee that Europe is also built from its regions and cities.

All these merits —and many more it possesses— make it, in the jury’s view, worthy of the Carlos V European Award in its 19th edition.

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