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The European Council president (l), Herman Van Rompuy, collecting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012, together with European Commission president José Manuel Barroso (c) and European Parliament president Martin Schulz (r) (Photo: European Council)

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2012: EU's Nobel Peace Prize for 'fraternity between nations'

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union in 2012, with the citation "for over six decades [of having] contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe".

The Norwegian Nobel Committee unanimously decided that developments in Europe after World War II represented the "fraternity between nations" and "peace congresses" cited by Alfred Nobel as his criteria for the peace prize in his 1895 will.

During the prize ceremony in...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

The European Council president (l), Herman Van Rompuy, collecting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012, together with European Commission president José Manuel Barroso (c) and European Parliament president Martin Schulz (r) (Photo: European Council)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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