Ernesto Teodoro Moneta was an Italian journalist, nationalist, revolutionary soldier and later a pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He adopted the motto In varietate unitas! which later inspired the motto of the European Union. The Nobel Peace Prize 1907, announced December 10, 1907. Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1/2), “for his work in the press and in peace meetings, both public and private, for an understanding between France and Italy”. Louis Renault (1/2), “for his decisive influence upon the conduct and outcome of the Hague and Geneva Conferences”. Ernesto Teodoro Moneta: born 1833, Milan, Austrian Empire (now Italy). Louis Renault: born 1843, Autun, France. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).