Welcoming the representatives of the 27 candidate projects Hans-Gert Pöttering declared: "With your ideas, creativity and engagement you prove to us how young people experience the European idea as well as how you consider common Europe as a real community and opportunity for your future".
Balvas pasniegšanas ceremonijā Āhenē piedalījās Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs Hanss-Gerts Poterings ( Hans-Gert Pöttering ) un Kārļa Lielā balvas fonda prezidents Mihaēls Jansens ( Micheal Jansen ).