Borut Pahor receives the Wilhelm Bock 2024 Award

Z vpisom v mestno knjigo nemškega mesta Gotha in sprejemom v mestni hiši pri županu Knutu Kreuchu, so se pričele slovesnosti ob podelitvi nagrade Wilhelm Bock, ki jo je za leto 2024 prejel bivši predsednik Borut Pahor. Nagrado je Pahor prejel v mestu Gotha pri Erfurtu v znamenitem Gothaer Tivoliju, v stavbi, v kateri je bila leta 1875 ustanovljena socialdemokratska stranka. Bivši predsednik republike je nagrado prejel za njegovo izjemno družbeno in demokratično angažiranost v Srednji in Vzhodni Evropi. Slavilni govor (laudatio) je na današnji svečanosti imel Carsten Schneider, državni minister pri nemškem zveznem kanclerju Scholzu in pooblaščenec nemške vlade za vzhodni del Nemčije.

The ceremonies for Wilhelm Bock Award presentation in Germany began with former President Borut Pahor’s entry into the city book of Gotha and a reception at City Hall with Mayor Knut Kreuch. At the official ceremony, held at the historic Gothaer Tivoli—the very building where the German Social Democratic Party was founded in 1875—Pahor was honored with the award for his outstanding social and democratic engagement in Central and Eastern Europe. The laudatory speech was delivered by Carsten Schneider, Minister of State to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany.