Mr Trichet will receive the award in Luxembourg, on 30 June 2008. The laudatio will be given by H.E. Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg.
Mr Trichet is the tenth recipient of the award and the second President of the European Central Bank to receive it after Dr Willem F. Duisenberg in 1999. The first recipient of the award was Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission. Other recipients have been Angela Merkel, Javier Solana, Helmut Kohl, Guy Verhofstadt, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Árpád Göncz.
The event is organised by Clearstream International, the International Central Securities Depository member of Deutsche Boerse Group, and co-sponsored by Dexia/BIL.
Further information
The Edmond Israel Foundation was created by Clearstream (formerly Cedel International) on 19 September 1990 in honour of Edmond Israel, upon his retirement after twenty years as Chairman of Cedel International's Board of Directors.
The Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the research and promotion of Europe in the cultural, scientific, political and economic fields. It aims to support and promote research and study on European themes and provides scholarships to promising individuals. The Foundation also commissions studies and presents the 'Vision for Europe"' award in recognition of outstanding achievements in taking Europe into the future. -- www.deutsche-boerse.com
