Ian PAISLEY, Egon KLEPSCH - EP President, PATRICK MAYHEW, James NICHOLSON, John HUME

Exhibition on Northern Ireland

John Joseph McCARTIN, Patricia McKENNA, Gerard COLLINS, Mary Elizabeth BANOTTI, John Walls CUSHNAHAN, Avril DOYLE, Pat COX EP President, Mary McALEESE President of Ireland, John HUME,  Nuala AHERN, Niall ANDREWS, Brian CROWLEY, Liam HYLAND, Proinsias DE R

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

John HUME, Mary McALEESE President of Ireland

John HUME acclaimed for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1998

Micheál MARTIN, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) is invited to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, for the inauguration of the bust of John HUME, Irish politician from Northern Ireland, former EP member. Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates to the inauguration.

Inauguration of the bust of John HUME, Irish politician from Northern Ireland, former EP Member: in the presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Micheál MARTIN, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach)

Over the past 40 years the European Parliament has had the honour of welcoming several Nobel Peace Prize laureates such as: Willy BRANDT, Mohamed Anwar Al-SADAT, Lech WALESA, Desmond TUTU, Mikhail GORBACHEV, Nelson MANDELA, Yasser ARAFAT, Yitzhak RABIN, John HUME, Kofie ANNAN, Shirin EBADI, Malala YOUSAFZAI, Denis MUKWEGE and Nadia MURAD

EP rewind: Nobel Peace Prize laureates at the EP

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, the European Parliament organises a extraordinary plenary session in Brussels. Thirteen Europeans who have been honoured with the Nobel Prize are at the European Parliament. They take part in a discussion on the past, present and future of the European Union. Taking place on Europe Day, the objective is to focus on the scientific, intellectual and cultural achievements of Europeans since 1957.

Address by John HUME and David TRIMBLE, joint laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize 1998

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, a group of European Nobel Prize winners is invited in the European Parliament in Brussels. Rita LEVI-MONTALCINI, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986, Reinhard SELTEN, Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994, Martinus VELTMAN, Nobel Prize for physics in 1999, David TRIMBLE, Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 (former Leader of Northern Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party), John HUME (MEP between 1999 and 2004), Nobel Peace Prize in 1998, Elisabeth WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, and Paul CRUTZEN, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995, give an interview in this framework. Extracts.

50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - Interview of European Nobel Prize Laureates: extracts

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, an extraordinary plenary session is held in the European Parliament during the Europe Day, in Brussels. To mark this anniversary, a group of European Nobel Prize winners is invited to take part in a debate on the past, present and future of the EU, focusing on its scientific, intellectual and cultural achievements. Among the participants: Rita LEVI-MONTALCINI, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986, Timothy HUNT, Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001, Reinhard SELTEN, Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994, Carlo RUBBIA, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1984, Martinus VELTMAN, Nobel Prize for physics in 1999, John HUME (MEP between 1999 and 2004), Nobel Peace Prize in 1998, Mairead CORRIGAN MAGUIRE, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, Elisabeth WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, and Lech WALESA, Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. The ceremony ends with the playing of the European Hymn - Ode to Joy.

50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - Address by European Nobel Prize laureates: arrivals and extracts from the extraordinary plenary session

John HUME makes a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg after the announcement by the Nobel Committee that he will receive the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize. During Easter in 1998, the biggest political parties in Northern Ireland signed a peace agreement, which later became know as the Good Friday agreement. In the autumn of 1998, the Nobel Committee decided to award the Peace Prize to John HUME, who is one of the architects of the peace process in the civil war-torn province.

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) nominated for the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize

John HUME makes a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg on Northern Ireland. John HUME is one of the architects of the peace process in the civil-war-torn province.

HUME, John (PSE, UK)

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Inauguration of the bust of John HUME, Irish politician from Northern Ireland, former EP Member: in the presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Micheál MARTIN, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach)

EP rewind: Nobel Peace Prize laureates at the EP

Address by John HUME and David TRIMBLE, joint laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize 1998

50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - Interview of European Nobel Prize Laureates: extracts

50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - Address by European Nobel Prize laureates: arrivals and extracts from the extraordinary plenary session

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) nominated for the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) on Northern Ireland

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Exhibition on Northern Ireland

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Official visit of the President of Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg

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John HUME acclaimed for the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1998

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