07/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - Several leading figures, like Ludwig Schubert, President of the association of former European Commission officials, have written to Jose Manuel Barroso and Commissioner Wallström, asking why the medal awarded to officials for 20 years of service has been altered. The picture of Robert Schuman has been replaced by a dove (a symbol generally used at the UN to symbolise peace). The members of the European Commission were unable to justify why they chose the dove to replace a founding father of the European Communities other than the fact that the procedure foresaw the holding of a call for tender for minting the medal and the company selected had submitted the dove design.