LOGO TROPHEE EURO YR 1

The European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence

Winners 2025

 

The European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence is intended to reward outstanding efforts towards promoting European citizenship and European security and defence awareness. The prize was first awarded in 2011, under the High Patronage of the President of the European Council. It is organised annually by the association “Civisme Défense Armée Nation” (CiDAN), together with the Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Association (ESDA), with the support of the Behörden Spiegel. The awards will be presented during the Berlin Security Conference, on 18  November 2025.

The jury, which met on Monday, October 13, 2025 at the André Maginot National Federation in Paris, made the following awards:

 

Award for remembrance to STOLPERSTEINE.

for the creation of more than 150,000 paving stones in 35 countries, in memory of victims of Nazism, placed in front of their last home before arrest. The paving stones are the work of the German artist Gunter Demnig.

 

Award for European Values to Mr Nikolaos GAZEAS, German lawyer.

committed to the defence of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. He defended in particular Alexei Navalny, and prosecuted before the International Criminal Court, Vladimir Putin, the members of his Security Council as well as many members of the Russian armed forces accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity (over 3000). Furthermore, he is committed to people unlawfully imprisoned abroad.

 

Award for Youth to IMPULS EUROPE, Spanish Association:

for promoting European citizenship, democracy and a culture of peace around the performance of the symphony AURORA EUROPA, through debates, workshops and conferences, reaching thousands of people.

 

Special Mention to ASSOCIATION JEAN MONNET.

for, since 1986, its commitment to European unity and its defence, through online and in-person activities, including conferences, memoranda, declarations, campaigns, forums, articles and cooperation.

 

Special Mention to Dr Gerald KNAUS, Austrian founder of the European Stability Initiative.

for, since 1999, its commitment to the defence of democratic institutions and human rights, as well fair and effective migration policies, aid for the integration of the Balkan countries into the European Union, the fight against corruption and support for good governance.