Juan Carlos receives German Media Prize
King Juan Carlos of Spain was awarded the 15th German Media Prize. The 69-year-old king is said to have laid the groundwork for Spain's peaceful transition to democracy through his courage and political vision.
Spain's King Juan Carlos received the 15th German Media Prize in the presence of one hundred representatives from politics and the media. The 69-year-old king had created the conditions for Spain's peaceful transition to democracy with courage and political vision. He had set the language of the constitution and the rule of law against that of violence and terror. The German Media Prize was first awarded in 1992 to the former head of RTL. Karlheinz Kögel, founder of Media Contol, initiated the prize. Since the first award ceremony, Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin and Helmut Kohl, among others, have received the prize. The singer from U2, Bono, received the prize last year.
