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STORY: Bono, the lead singer of Irish rock group U2, appeared at the European People's Party Congress in Dublin on Friday (March 7) to address senior European politicians including Jose Manuel Barroso and Angela Merkel, in a speech in which the high-profile activist mixed humour with an impassioned plea for greater unity among European countries. The high profile anti-poverty campaigner, whose real name is Paul Hewson, said Europe needed greater focus unity and the struggles that every citizen had endured to bring them closer to one another, calling Europe a thought that needed to become a feeling. The light-hearted speech said more should be done to help youth unemployment in Spain, joking that U2 should be encouraged to make a flemenco music-style album. He concluded by quoting Winston Churchill, who called the "Tragedy of Europe" one that would see the continent tear itself apart without the structure of a European family. The European People'
