On 12 October 2012, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing to the “advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”. The EU should show itself worthy of this honour and show its will to defend freedom of information, regardless of fear of political pressure from its so-called closest ally, the United States.
Now that Edward Snowden, the young American who revealed the global monitoring system known as Prism, has requested asylum from 20 countries, the EU nations should extend a welcome, under whatever law or status seems most appropriate.
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