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In reply to the discussion: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 for the European Union [View all]dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)8. Everyone in Europe adding ‘Nobel Prize Winner’ to their CV
You have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for not acting on your deeply-held opinions of all those foreigners, the Nobel Committee has announced today.
In recognition of not starting any world wars in over seventy years, the Nobel Peace Prize is going to everyone in the EU, and some are already proclaiming it to the be the proudest day of their lives.
Ive never won anything before, said Simon Williams, a car mechanic from Basingstoke.
Not even employee of the month, even though Ive been here seven years and theres only five of us on the payroll. So yes, this was a bit out of the blue.
Read more: http://newsthump.com/2012/10/12/everyone-in-europe-adding-nobel-prize-winner-to-their-cv/#ixzz295FRaeq9
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Individual member states maintain their own standing military, independent of the EU.
Divernan
Oct 2012
#15
It will also piss off the far- (and not so far) right in the US who continually disparage the EU
pampango
Oct 2012
#9
Every Nobel pisses off the right. It's like it's part of the job description by now. (nt)
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#30
Your extreme view is woefully uninformed as to the current state of negotiations.
Divernan
Oct 2012
#19
EU's financial sector (Eurozone crisis) originated in US's unregulated banking practises
Divernan
Oct 2012
#11
Most countries have had referenda in favour of joining, since 1973
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2012
#23
Thanks. On behalf of the Nobel Committee, I shall sacrifice myself as a EU citizen
WilmywoodNCparalegal
Oct 2012
#20
Reactions from the European far-right: Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders, Nigel Farage, etc.
pampango
Oct 2012
#40