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{{see also|European of the Year (Reader's Digest award)}}
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The '''Europeans of the Year''' award was established in 2001 by ''[[European Voice]]'' to honour influential European citizens who have mostly affected the [[Europe]]an 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 Economic Community|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 Commission]]ers, [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]], [[Head of State|heads of state]], [[politicians]], EU functionaries, [[Non-governmental organization|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.
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! Year !! Winner !! Comment
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| 2001 || {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Bono]] || [[U2]] lead singer.
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| 2002 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Cappato]] || Italian MEP
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| 2003 || {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Eddie Fenech Adami]] || prime minister of Malta
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| 2004 || {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]] || prime minister of Turkey
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| 2005 || {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] || prime minister of Luxembourg
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| 2006 || {{flagicon|POR}} [[José Manuel Barroso]] || European commission president
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| 2007 || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Valdas Adamkus]] || President of Lithuania
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| 2008 || {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Meglena Kuneva]] || European commissioner for consumer protection
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| 2009
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| 2010 || {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Kristalina Georgieva]] || European Commissioner for international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response
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| 2011 || {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark]] ||<ref>{{cite web|last1=Surrugue|first1=Stéphanie Marie|last2=Vestergaard|first2=Nikoline|title=Obituary: Prince Henrik had the joy of a hedonist and the soul of an artist|url=https://www.dr.dk/webfeature/prinshenrik|website=Dr.dk|accessdate=14 February 2018|language=Danish|date=14 February 2018}}</ref>
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| 2012
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| 2013
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140226043123/http://www.europeanvoice.com/page/2752.aspx The Europeans of the Year (archived as of February 2014)]
[[Category:Awards honoring politicians]]
[[Category:European awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2001]]