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Media coverage & press releases

European of the year 2008:
Meglena Kuneva, the European commissioner for consumer protection

EU Official of the Year 2008 and Most Valued European:
Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank

National politician of the year 2008:
Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France

Commissioner of the year 2008:
Stavros Dimas, European commissioner for environment

MEP of the year 2008:
Claude Turmes, the Luxembourgeois Green politician

Inspiration of the year 2008:
Daniel Morar, head of Romania's anti-corruption agency.

European Voice press release 25 September 2008 - 2008 Europeans of the Year nominees announced

Winners per category for the 'Europeans of the Year' 2001 to 2007:

2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001

Media coverage of the 2007 Europeans of the year

European Voice press release 27 November 2007 - giving results and full list of nominees and reasons for nomination (PDF - 560kb)

Coverage in European Voice newspaper, 29 November 2007:
 - page 15 (PDF - 2.3mb)
 - pages 16 and 17 (PDF - 3.7mb)
 - page 18 (PDF - 3mb)

CNBC footage, 28 November 2007 - video (12mb video file, opens in a new window - may take a few minutes to download before automatically playing)

EBS - Europe by Satellite - footage, 28 November 2007 - video (10.5mb video file, opens in a new window - may take a few minutes to download before automatically playing)

UN Population Fund Receives €32K From EU Benefit, 29 November 2007

Acceptance videos / speeches - 2007:

H.E. Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania:
President's website: http://www.president.lt/en/news.full/8556

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations - video played at the gala awards evening (9mb video file, opens in a new window - may take a few minutes to download before automatically playing)

Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank - video played at the gala awards evening (7mb video file, opens in a new window - may take a few minutes to download before automatically playing)

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California - letter read at the gala awards evening by C. Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the EU (PDF - 50kb)

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