Protesters in march over Nobel peace prize for the EU
AROUND a thousand members of left-wing and human rights groups marched in Oslo yesterday to protest against the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union.
AROUND a thousand members of left-wing and human rights groups marched in Oslo yesterday to protest against the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union.
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Around 50 organisations held the torch-lit march on the eve of the award, arguing that the EU is undemocratic and maintains a large military even as its people suffer an economic downturn.
"Alfred Nobel said that the prize should be given those who worked for disarmament," Elsa-Britt Enger, 70, a representative of Grandmothers for Peace said. "The EU doesn't do that. It is one of the biggest weapons producers in the world."
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