German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded this year's Charlemagne Prize for her contribution towards European unity.
The prize's board of directors highlighted Merkel's efforts at gaining consensus on a new European Union reform treaty. Merkel received the award at a ceremony in the western German city of Aachen. The prize, which was first awarded in 1950, is named after King Charlemagne who ruled much of western and central Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries.
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