Even anyone who avoids classical music will instantly recognize the "Ode to Joy". Today, this complex masterpiece is an anthem of Europe. Before that, it was birthday music for Hitler. It all started ...

Lawmakers from Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party turned their backs on the European anthem on Tuesday at the opening of the E.U. Parliament -- and promising more to come if the United Kingdom doesn’t leave ...

Brexit Party MEPs caused outrage at the opening session of the European Parliament by turning their backs as the European Union anthem was played. Brexit Party MEPs caused outrage at the opening ...

Brexit Party MEPs have been accused of being disrespectful after they turned their back in protest during a performance of the EU’s official anthem Ode to Joy during opening the European Parliament’s ...

German poet Friedrich Schiller just won’t do. The president of Eurochambres, an organization of European chambers of commerce, has proposed writing new lyrics for the European Union anthem, the fourth ...

Brexit Party MEPs caused outrage at the opening session of the European Parliament by turning their backs as the European Union anthem was played. Video footage shows the party’s 29 MEPs turning ...