Mairead Maguire’s Address to EU Parliament

An inspirational short address by Irish Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire to the EU Parliament’s “50 years of the EU: Nobel Prize winners celebrate at the European Parliament” event earlier this month.

Having just returned from Palestine after participating in peaceful civil protest, the co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize speaks on her role in non-violent activism in Palestine with Palestinian and Israeli peace activists, Europe’s responsibility to promote peace by recognising the Palestinian government; and supporting Gorbachev’s Charter for a World Without Violence.

She takes the EU to task directly for not recognising the democratically elected choice of Hamas.

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[hat tip: peoplesgeography]

UPDATE: Peoplesgeography has a transcript of the speech at the above link.

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