Robert Schuman Medal, EPP Group
Introduction '''Robert Schuman Medal''' named after Robert Schuman is awarded to several people annually by the European People's Party group in the European Parliament since July 1986 "to pay tribute to public figures who have advanced the cause of peace, the construction of Europe and human values through their public activities and personal commitment. "==Lauretes==  Name  YearCountry1986 E. M. J. A. Sassen Netherlands Alain Poher France Hans August LückerWest Germany Alfred Bertrand Belgium Paolo BarbiItaly Pierre Pflimlin France Leo Tindemans Belgium Emilio Colombo Italy Helmut Kohl West Germany Jacques Santer Luxemburg Konstantinos Mitsotakis Greece Konstantinos Karamanlis Greece1987 Willem Vergeer Netherlands Giulio Andreotti Italy Flaminio Piccoli Italy Mariano Rumor Italy Piet Bukman NetherlandsAdelino Amaro da Costa (posthumously)Portugal Karl-Josef Hahn West Germany Miquel Coll i AlentornSpain Bruno Heck West Germany Pierre WernerLuxemburg1988 Kai-Uwe von Hassel West Germany Francesco Cosentino Italy Lorenzo Natali Italy Peter Sutherland Ireland Karl-Heinz Narjes West Germany Nicolas Mosar LuxemburgGuido Gonella (posthumously)ItalyAlberto Ghergo (posthumously)ItalyAngelo Narducci (posthumously)ItalyMario Sassano (posthumously)ItalyHeinrich Aigner (posthumously)West Germany1989 Henry Plumb United Kingdom1990 Johanna Maij-Weggen Netherlands1991 Jean-Claude Juncker Luxemburg Norbert Schmelzer Netherlands Ruud LubbersNetherlands1992Egon KlepschGermany1993 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing France Filippo Maria PandolfiItaly Jean Dondelinger Luxemburg Frans AndriessenNetherlandsBernhard Sälzer (posthumously)GermanyLorenzo de Vitto (posthumously)Italy Abel Matutes JuanSpain Raniero Vanni d'ArchirafiItaly Peter Schmidhuber Germany Ioannis Paleokrassas Greece René Streichen France1995 Jacques DelorsFrance Manuel García Amigo Spain Menelaos Chatzigeorgiou Greece Horst Langes Germany Ferruccio Pisoni Italy Rudolf Luster Germany Günter RinscheGermany Hans-Gert Poettering Germany Margaretha af UgglasSweden Carlos Robles Piquer Spain Georgios AnastassopoulosGreece José Maria Gil-Robles Gil-DelgadoSpain Antonio Graziani Italy Nicolas Estgen Luxemburg Christopher ProutUnited Kingdom Otto BardongGermany Wilfried Martens Belgium1996 Efthimios Christodoulou Greece Miltiadis EvertGreece Panayotis LambriasGreece Siegbert Alber Germany Edward Heath United Kingdom1997John BrutonIreland Hans von der GroebenGermany Manuel Fraga Iribarne Spain Gerardo Fernández AlborSpain Franjo KomaricaBosnia and Herzegovina1998 Ursula Schleicher Germany Aníbal Cavaco Silva Portugal 1999 Arthur Eisenmenger (received by Rainer Wieland)Germany Poul Schlüter DenmarkFrancisco António Lucas Pires (posthumously)Portugal Radio B92, Belgrade (received by Veran Matić)Serbia and Montenegro2000Martin M.C. Lee United Kingdom Libet Werhahn-Adenauer Germany2001 Jelena BonnerRussia Karl von WogauGermany2002 Nicole Fontaine France Ingo Friedrich Germany  Władysław Bartoszewski Poland José María Aznar Spain Hans van den BroekNetherlands2003 Wim van Velzen Netherlands Bendt Bendtsen Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen Denmark Bertel Haarder Denmark Per Stig Møller Denmark Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron BethellUnited Kingdom2004John Joseph McCartin IrelandFranz FischlerAustria Loyola de Palacio Spain Chris Patten United Kingdom Mario Monti Italy Viviane RedingLuxemburg Pope John Paul IIPoland2005 Natalia EstemirovaRussia Sergei Kovalev Russia Erwin Teufel Germany Tadeusz Mazowiecki Poland Wolfgang Schäuble Germany Michel BarnierFranceVytautas Landsbergis Lithuania2006Tunne Kelam Estonia2007 Angela MerkelGermany Guido de Marco Italy2009 Marianne Thyssen Belgium Jaime Mayor OrejaSpain Hartmut Nassauer Germany João de Deus Pinheiro Portugal Ioannis VarvitsiotisGreece José Manuel BarrosoPortugal Jacques Barrot France László Tőkés Romania2010 Alberto João JardimPortugal2012Pietro AdonninoItalyPeter HintzeGermanyÍñigo Méndez de VigoSpainEddie Fenech AdamiMalta2013Reiner KunzeGermany2014 George H. W. BushUnited StatesJerzy BuzekCzech RepublicJoseph DaulFranceMarietta GiannakouGreeceDoris PackGermanyAlojz PeterleSloveniaCorien WortmannNetherlandsVito BonsignoreItalyRia Oomen-RuijtenNetherlands2015Wolfgang WelschGermanyJim SensenbrennerUnited StatesKarel SchwarzenbergCzech Republic2016Ilkka SuominenFinland2017Andreas SchockenhoffGermanyLawrence GonziMatla
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