
Text of the Certificate of Honour
The International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen for the year 1958 was awarded to Robert Schuman on Ascension Day, 15 May 1958, in the Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall, the former imperial palace, in recognition of his great achievements in laying the first practical foundations for a European federation in the political and economic spheres and for a shared future of Germany and France in peace and security.