Nightly News   |  October 12, 2012

European Union awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU was met with confusion among those who have witnessed Europe’s economic crisis, and deep unrest. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> the folks who give out peace prizes awarded it to the european union for peace, democratic and human rights . others were shocked, europe is in fact three years into an economic crisis, which has hurt greece, italy, spain, and portugal, just this week, they mocked the chancellor on her visit to athens, regarding germany's role and the crippling austerity measures. one person joked that the person up for the prize was antarctica, a country who has always been at peace.