for Germany 1999–2004 MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 MEPs for Germany 2009–2014 University of Bonn alumni Columbia University alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German legal scholars Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise