EU receives Nobel Peace Prize

67 constant years of peace in a turbulent and sometimes dangerous world. The #EU a worthy winner of the 2012 #nobelpeaceprize

From @grahamwatsonmep on Twitter: ( 9:28 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

EU awarded Nobel Prize? Hilarious! I don't suppose most Norwegian people share the Nobel committee's enthusiasm for the EU though....

From @DouglasCarswell on Twitter: ( 9:19 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

@channel4news EU Nobel prize?? Have we seen 'peace' in Greece and Spain ?? @bbcpolitics @itvnews

From @NSinclaireMEP on Twitter: ( 9:07 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2012 has been awarded to the European Union for its contribution to peace, reconciliation and human rights. Lars Bevanger from the Norwegian Nobel Committee said the prize was awarded as a recognition of the:

Six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.

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The president of the European Commission has tweeted his reaction to the EU winning the Nobel Peace Prize:

It is a great honour for the whole of the #EU, all 500 million citizens, to be awarded the 2012 #Nobel Peace prize.

From @BarrosoEU on Twitter: ( 9:23 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

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Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament said the Nobel Peace Prize can serve as an inspiration:

Deeply touched honoured that the #EU has won the #Nobel Peace Prize. Reconciliation is what the EU is about. It can serve as inspiration.

From @MartinSchulz on Twitter: ( 9:03 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

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I warmly congratulate all of Europe and our peace to the Nobel Peace Price to the European Union. Highly deserved and highly important!

From @carlbildt on Twitter: ( 9:01 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

Worth noting that Nobel Committee says EU enlargement policies with Balkans and Turkey key part of its contribution to peace.

From @carlbildt on Twitter: ( 9:11 am, Fri 12 Oct 2012)

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The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said he was "deeply touched and honoured" that the EU has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the European Union, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced today. Lars Bevanger said:

"The stabilising work of the European Union turned a continent of war into an continent of peace"

The committee praised the 27-nation EU for rebuilding after World War Two and for its role in spreading stability to former communist countries after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. The prize, worth $1.2 million, will be presented in Oslo on December 10.

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NRK, Norway's public service broadcaster, says the European Union will win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Reuters.

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