EU feted with Nobel in eurosceptic Norway
- Published: 10 Dec 2012 at 01.46
- Online news: World
While facing more and more critics within its own borders, the European Union on Monday ironically collects one of the world's top honours, the Nobel Peace Prize, in a country stubbornly refusing to join its ranks.
A protester carrying a lit torch raises his arms during a protest in central Oslo against the Norwegian Nobel Committee's award of the 2012 Peace Prize to the EU. While facing more and more critics within its own borders, the European Union on Monday ironically collects one of the world's top honours, the Nobel Peace Prize, in a country stubbornly refusing to join its ranks.
Norway is a tranquil, wealthy nation thanks to its abundant oil and gas reserves, the EU a 27-nation political union wracked by painful austerity drives and violent protests: the two could not seem further apart.
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