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European bridge builders were honored again yesterday Friday in the Casineum. Awarded for the first time in 2009 this year the EUROPAEUS was presented to Mister Europe former President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker the Carinthian entrepreneur Hermann Hirsch and Europe expert Paul Lendvai. The European Prize is a joint honor from the State of Carinthia the Carinthian Chamber of Commerce for Foreign Trade and the Forum Velden. The award was presented in a festive setting by Governor Peter Kaiser Minister for Economic Affairs Sebastian Schuschnig and President of the Chamber of Commerce Jrgen Mandl.Enthusiastic about the opening words that Europe is not a place but an idea Kaiser said Europe is an obligation for all of us. We all have to develop Europe further and have a unifying effect. We have to make a commitment to a Europe that accepts grandchildrens responsibility and has the task of spreading humanistic ideas in such a way that they cannot be ignored anywhere on this globe. Our goal must be to make Europe a reality in our hearts and minds. Kaiser continued Our country has long since arrived in Europe I hope that we will now take part in further developing this Europe. From many conversations he sometimes got the feeling that Europe is very far away for the people said Schuschnig. As an economic councilor he knows But if you look closely you can see how much would not be possible in the region without the EU. One example is the Koralm tunnel. Future economic challenges can only be solved through a strengthened Europe. It was only during the pandemic that it became clear what happens when you have to take back freedoms that we are entitled to thanks to the European Union. The idea of the future is a free eco-social market economy. We have to work for that. The people who are being honored today showed us how to develop Europe further said Schuschnig.During the pandemic we saw how our entrepreneurs adapted extremely quickly to the conditions. We got through the crisis much better than the rest of Austria so Mandl is full of praise for the Carinthian entrepreneurs.The winners were nominated by a jury according to defined criteria. This consists of Martina Rattinger Province of Carinthia EU liaison office Meinrad Hfferer WK Carinthia foreign trade and Walter Prutej Forum Velden initiator EUROPAEUS. Rattinger thanked all of her colleagues and employees because without them the continuation of the service for citizens would not have been possible in times of the pandemic. Hfferer emphasized The pandemic has shown how crucial it is to have a system that works. It was a great challenge to give the entrepreneurs the best possible support during this time. Prutej emphasized Europe is hard work every day. Anyone whom we can convince of Europe with our effortsThe EUROPAUES was awarded for the first time on the occasion of the anniversaries 20 years of opening up to the east and 5 years of EU expansion to the east as part of the Austrian Central and Eastern European Economic Forum CEE Economic Forum Velden. The aim of the Europe Prize is to honor personalities and institutions for their work in relation to the networking and unification of Europe and thus to bring the unifying European idea into the public consciousness and to promote the idea of European unification. The categories are European Politics - History in the Making Economy-Internationalization Pioneers Science Art Culture and there is the special prize Information and Awareness Raising.
