The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

John HUME, Rita Levi-MONTALCINI, Hans Gert POETTERING, Lech WALESA, Tim HUNT, Betty WILLIAMS, Carlo RUBBIA, David TRIMBLE, Mairead CORRIGAN, Irene KHAN, Reinhard SELTEN

Pat COX EP President meets David TRIMBLE, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party

MEPs Meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels

David TRIMBLE, Pat COX EP President, Mark DURKAN, James NICHOLSON

EP President meets with the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

European Parliament President Metsola, European Council President Michel and Commission President von der Leyen commemorate the signing of the 1998 Agreement during a ceremony. This clip broadcast during the event trace the history of the peace process in Northern Ireland. The GFA, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was signed on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments, and confirmed by referendums in Ireland and Northern Ireland in May the same year. The agreement established devolved political power-sharing structures for the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland, and brought the 30-year period of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, to an end. Rights are only granted for the editorial coverage related to the Commemoration of the GFA organized by the European Parliament, no other use is authorized for the media and other institutions. This video may not be edited and must be shown in its entirety.

Clip: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement - Reconciliation brought peace

This memoclip shows the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the reconciliation period between Dublin and Belfast which has ended up with the peace signed in the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The memoclip also includes extracts of speeches by relevant political figures (such as John HUME, David TRIMBLE, Mo MOWLAM, David ANDREWS) who contributed, with the members of the European Parliament, to reach the peace.

Memoclip: The European Parliament and the Good Friday Agreement

John Hume, former MEP, and David Trimble, former Leader of Northern Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party, give an interview. In 1998, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to John Hume (PES, UK) and David Trimble considered to be the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process.

Interview by John HUME and David TRIMBLE, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates 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 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.

TRIMBLE, David

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Clip: 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement - Reconciliation brought peace

Memoclip: The European Parliament and the Good Friday Agreement

Interview by John HUME and David TRIMBLE, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates 1998

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

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

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The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

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The European Parliament receives Nobel prize winners at the EP in Brussels.

Pat COX EP President meets David TRIMBLE, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party

MEPs Meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels

EP President meets with the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

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