EU says Nobel will spur reforms to keep Europe at peace
- Published: 10 Dec 2012 at 11.46
- Online news: World
The European Union, facing its worst crisis in decades, pledged to put its house in order to maintain Europe at peace for the next generation as its leaders collected the bloc's contested Nobel peace award.
From left to right, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Parliament President Martin Schulz pose with the Nobel diploma during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at the Oslo City Hall on December 10.
Europe's economic woes, its fiery protests, relentless job cuts and angry youths, provided the backdrop to the lavish Nobel awards ceremony in snowy Oslo attended by a score of EU heads of state and government, including historic Franco-German couple Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande.
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