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.

Brussels

interview

HUME, John (PSE, UK)

TRIMBLE, David

LEVI MONTALCINI, Rita (IT)

VELTMAN, Martinus (NL)

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

David TRIMBLE, Nobel Peace Prize 1998, on the events of Tuesday 8 of May in Ireland "a vindication of my efforts..."

John HUME, Nobel Peace Prize, 1998, on the resolution of the conflict and the value it can have for other areas in conflict

Betty WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize 1976, on her emotions following the last event taking place in Ireland and on the many victims of the conflict

SOUNDBITE (English), Betty WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize 1976, I saw courage from the women in Northern Ireland which was unbelievable" the fact that the politicians are together is because of what the women did all these years

Rita LEVI-MONTALCINI, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986

Paul CRUTZEN, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995

SOUNDBITE (English), Reinhard SELTEN,  Nobel Prize in Science 1994, The Europeans should learn to feel more stronger as Europeans and not as german or french or so"they should get a strong identity as Europeans

SOUNDBITE (English), Martinus VELTMAN, Nobel Prize in Physics 1999, I am very much in favour I feel very much in tune with the European idea" On peace as the greatest achievement in the history of the EU