European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) receives flowers from Atle Leikvoll, Norway's Ambassador to the European Union, at the EC headquarters in Brussels October 12, 2012, after the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, an award seen as morale boost for the bloc as it struggles to resolve its debt crisis. REUTERS/Yves Herman
OSLO (Reuters) - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting peace, democracy and human rights over six decades in an award seen as a morale boost as the bloc struggles to resolve its economic crisis.
The award served as a reminder that the EU had largely brought peace to a continent which tore itself apart in two world wars in which tens of millions died.
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