The Dutch journalist Geert Mak received the Charles Medal 2021 for European media in Aachen.
The 74-year-old was honored for his work as a publicist in the coronation hall of Aachen city hall on Friday.
In his books he makes an essential contribution to the discussion about the role of Europe in the world, so the reasoning.
Aachen - At the same time he contributes "to bring people closer to the idea of a united European continent".
With the award of the 20th Charles Medal, the Board of Trustees of the Médaille Charlemagne Association paid tribute to the “wise observations of the European continent”, which Mak presented in his books “In Europe” and “Great Expectations - On the Trail of the European Dream”.
The undoped media prize has been awarded since 2000 in the context of the Charlemagne Prize celebrations.
It goes to personalities or institutions who have made an outstanding contribution to European unification and the development of a European identity in the media.
Previous winners include “Reporters Without Borders”, the musician André Rieu, the Eurovision Song Contest and the former director of the ARD studio in Brussels, Rolf-Dieter Krause.
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The award is presented by the “Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens” association.
Members include the cities of Aachen and Maastricht, the television station Arte, BBC World News, the State Agency for Media in North Rhine-Westphalia and the newspaper publishers' association in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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