European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize for uniting continent

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Originally Posted by Oberon

It is a bit of a stretch to award it to an organisation rather than to a person...however in a manner of speaking I can see their point. This is one of the longest stretches of peace in Western Europe since Roman times!
So, in those terms alone, the EU deserves a peace prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to many organizations before. The Institute of International Law in 1904, the Red Cross in 1917 and 1944, plus a few others.

But I don't see why the EU should receive it, their members have been at peace for decades; I've not heard of the EU stopping a war between its members...