Summary European Union Nobel-winners pledge at award ceremony to stand by the euro.
OSLO: The European Union has received this year s Nobel Peace Prize in the Norwegian capital for promoting peace and human rights in Europe for six decades following the devastation of World War II.
EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy and president of the EU Parliament Martin Schulz collected their Nobel diplomas and medals at a ceremony in Oslo s City Hall.
Prize committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland cited the 27-nation bloc for helping "a continent of war to becoming a continent of peace. In this process the European Union has figured most prominently."
European Union Nobel-winners pledged at the award ceremony Monday "to stand by" the euro, saying the single currency was one of the strongest symbols of unity in the bloc s 60-year history.
"Today one of the most visible symbols of our unity is in everyone s hands," said European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso. "It is the euro, the currency of our European Union. We will stand by it."
