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Questionstoconsider:(Donotjustquotetheoriginalsentenceinansweringquestions,ratherinyourownwords!) WhatareEuropeans’responsestoEU’swinningtheNobelPeacePrize,andwhy? WhatmakesthewriterbelievethatEUisworthyofthePrize? Accordingtothearticle,whatistheprimaryreasonwhyEUwasfounded? WhyTheEuropeanUnionDeservedItsNobelForPeace HYPERLINK"http://www.ibtimes.com/why-european-union-deserved-its-nobel-peace-845597"http://www.ibtimes.com/why-european-union-deserved-its-nobel-peace-845597HYPERLINK"http://www.ibtimes.com/print/why-european-union-deserved-its-nobel-peace-845597"\t"_blank"http://www.ibtimes.com/print/why-european-union-deserved-its-nobel-peace-845597 BYHYPERLINK"http://www.ibtimes.com/reporters/alberto-riva"AlbertoRiva|October12201212:29PM 1.Nobodyexpectedit,muchlessEuropeans.ThenewsonFridaythattheEuropeanUnionhadwontheNobelPeacePrizesurprisedobserversfromWashingtontoBeijing,butnoneweremoresurprisedthanthe500millioncitizensoftheUnionitself.Afterall,whentheinstitutionthatrulesalargepartoftheirlivesmakesheadlinesthesedays,it’smostlyaboutscarystuff:internationalrowsovermoney,diplomaticimpotenceinthefaceofanunrulyworld,uglydisputesaboutethnicminorities.Butpeace?It’snotthefirstthingthatcomestomindwhenthinkingofthedrearyEUbuildingsinBrusselsandthewidelymalignedEurocratswhoworkinthem(nottoohardandforlavishpay,saystheconventionalwisdom.) (Photo:Reuters)FlagofEuropeanUnion 2.“ItwouldhavebeenmorefittingtogiveittoHannibalLecter,”HYPERLINK"https://twitter.com/ppagani"\t"_blank"tweetedmyfriendPaoloPagani,aMilan-basedjournalistwho,likemanyEuropeansthesedays,hassouredontheEUastheorganizationstumblesthroughacontinent-widerecession,failingtosolveafinancialcrisisthathasdestroyedincomesfromPortugaltoFinland.ButlikethoseothercriticsacrosstheAtlantic,hemissedthepoint:awardingtheNobelforpeacetotheEuropeanUnionmakesperfectsense.Alotmoresensethanmostsuchprizeshaveintherecentpast,infact. 3.IfthereisonethingtheEuropeanUnionhasmanagedtodosupremelywellthroughoutitshistory,itispre