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Originally Posted by monir
My guess is that uneasy feeling probably started growing when Al Gore was the recipient in 2007. By the way, for this year's winner, they strangely spelled Merkel's name all wrong. I know it's not spelled E-u-r-o-p-e-a-n U-n-i-o-n! *zing*
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Wasn't it for its existence as a whole for the last 60 years rather than whatever happened in the last few years? Merkel has "only" been in power for 7 years.
I don't really want to defend the Nobel Peace Prize, but sometimes you've got to take the long view.