The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) will receive this year's Carlos V European Prize, which recognises its essential role in ensuring the participation of cities and regions in the European Union’s decision-making process.
On behalf of the European Committee of the Regions, the President Kata Tüttő will receive the prize at the award ceremony at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste (Extremadura, Spain), on May 25th at the presence of His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain.
The prestigious award is granted by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation. The jury highlighted the CoR's "contribution to integrating the cities and regions of Europe into the common project, enabling citizens to raise their everyday problems and concerns with EU institutions, thus ensuring that European Union legislation incorporates the territorial dimension and respects the principle of subsidiarity".