Puzzle Description:

The Nobel committee has never shunned controversy about them peace prizes, and this year (2012) they awarded it to the European Union. To those that didn't get what the heck that was about, remember the above image (the original one, not my silly version). On September 22nd 1984 (before the fall of the Berlin wall), French President François Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl joined hands at a ceremony in Verdun to symbolize French-German reconciliation, France and Germany then and now being the powerhouses in the EU. What pitiful stuff one might say, but please remember that French and German entities was the epitomy of European conflict from the split of the Carolingian Empire in the year 843 and untill the end of World War Two in the mid 20th century. For centuries, conflict between them was considered almost an inevitability. That these two very different leaders (social democrat versus conservative) of these two exact European countries by the mid 1980's thusly illustrate lasting mutual peace ... that's kinda insane. Whatever. Sorry for the history lesson.

#1: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Nov 11, 2012 [SPOILER]

Living in America, I know little about European polictics. But I have noticed that France & Germany are much dissimiliar in the working of their economies.

That we can agree on. Or though it also depends on the contemporary leadership of either country (kinda like America).

Thanks for the lesson Christian, the majority of us americans pay little attention to the rest of the world and that's plain wrong.

Contrary to both popular belief and physics, apparently blue and red make GREEN (look at their hands, LOL).

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:-)

we weren't looking for you monkeykid

Thank you for the uncalled-for negative comment, Tom, especially in response to a humorous comment that was not even directed toward you.

@#4 Monkey
I like making use of all the colors, if I can. The blue and red heads, I figured blue comes from the French flag ("Les Bleus", as the French calls their national soccer team), and the red comes from the German flag. The green hands ... well, let's call it the color of hope.

:-)

Please don't apologize for the history lesson. Thank you. It is always good to learn outside our own fields.

I love the puzzle AND the history lesson AND the symbolism in the image. Well done, Christian.

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