- known as
- economist, politician, trade unionist, banker, official, mayor
- awards
- Charlemagne Prize, 1992, Commander of the Legion of Honour, 2005, Bavarian Order of Merit, 1991, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, 1985, Ernst Reuter Medal, 1995, Erasmus Prize, 1997, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, 1989, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, 1990, Hans Böckler Preis, Robert Schuman Medal, 1995, Leonardo Award, 2010, Catalonia International Prize, 1998, Global Economy Prize, 2006, honorary citizen of Europe, 2015, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, 1987, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, honorary doctorate of the University of Porto, Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca, 1994, doctor honoris causa of Keiō University, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, 1986, honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Paris, 2011, Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1999, Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1985, German citizenship award, 1997, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, 2013, Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, National tribute, 2024, honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp, 1990
- member of
- Club of Rome, Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, from 1999
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