The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize has descended into a joke again this year, as the laureate accolade has been awarded to the European Union for its role in “securing peace to the continent”. The elite Nobel committee says the accolade is meant to be an encouragement to the union in difficult times. Norway – the home of the prize – is itself divided over EU membership and has twice refused it in a nationwide referendums. The prize has now become an international farce, a truly modern example of “The Emperor Has No Cloths”.
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