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Radek Sikorski, a outstanding Europhile and former Polish international minister, made the suggestion on Thursday. He tweeted a modified Olympics medal desk, displaying the EU on high with a complete of 224 medals.
This pushed China, with 73 medals, into second place adopted by the US and Japan.
The EU determine was reached by including up all of the medals gained by the bloc’s member states.
Mr Sikorski provocatively added: “EU guidelines OK.”
He additionally tweeted the graph from his Polish language account, with the caption “And that is our energy as a Union”.
Radek Sikorski tweeted an image of the EU topping the medals desk (Picture: GETTY)
Germany has gained essentially the most Olympic medals of any EU member (Picture: GETTY)
Nevertheless, the senior Eurocrat’s English language message sparked a livid backlash on social media.
One individual tweeted: “You do realise that you simply’re stupidly evaluating over 2,000 athletes to round 400.”
One other added: “If EU competed as one workforce, that might imply 1000’s of athletes lacking out on the chance to compete.
“It additionally means you’d most likely have fewer medals as there can be much less likelihood of a outsider outperforming to win one (fewer probabilities to win). Horrible concept.”
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Britain, with 20 gold medals, is forward of any EU member state (Picture: GETTY)
A 3rd wrote: “In order for you an EU workforce then maintain a referendum on having a United States of Europe.
“You will not, after all, as you understand the reply will likely be no.
“Your solely likelihood is forcing it upon the individuals of Europe.”
A fourth commented: “Radek…how do you suppose your tweet makes the great individuals who competed for his or her nations really feel, together with the Polish?
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Britain formally left the EU in January 2020 (Picture: GETTY)
The graphic was posted on the MEP’s English and Polish Twitter accounts (Picture: TWITTER)
“They love their nations, not a political assemble. It is their nations flag they wrap round themselves and really proud they’re to, rightly so.”
Mr Sikorski was granted political asylum within the UK in 1982, after campaigning in opposition to Poland’s then communist-led dictatorship.
He went on to attend Oxford College, the place he was a member of the Bullingdon Membership.
The Every day Categorical campaigned passionately for Brexit (Picture: EXPRESS )
The EU will not be represented on the Olympics, with every of its constituent members sending their very own groups.
As of Saturday afternoon Germany, with ten gold medals, is the very best ranked EU member in seventh place.
That is behind Britain with 20 gold medals, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with 19 and Australia with 17.
The Olympic Video games are presently going down in Tokyo (Picture: GETTY)
On account of allegations of state sponsored doping, Russia was banned from sending a workforce, however is represented not directly by the ROC workforce.
Responding to Mr Sikorski one twitter consumer identified that, by his calculation, the EU’s medal rely can be a lot increased if Britain was nonetheless a member.
He wrote: “Simply suppose with GB the EUs medal tally can be 25% increased. Says all of it.”
