I Thought The Eu Was Made Up Of Separate Countries.

[webbo3]

So according to the likes of Junker and Tusk GB dosent exist.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/702165/Backlash-at-European-Union-Olympic-medal-table


Dave

[bazwillrun]

whos getting steamed up...just have a laugh yet again at the expense of the eussr and its lackeys and cronies

[Zacs-Master]

From the EU tracker website:
'The EU Medal tracker is generated for all Olympics fans by the agency Euro-Informationen in Berlin'

They even admit:
By the way: The comparison is of course not entirely fair. The 28 EU countries have much higher quota of starting positions than individual competing nations. The fictitious "EU team" has therefore a better chance to win medals than the other participating countries.

[New Judge]

We’ve already done this:


However, since it’s been resurrected, see my answer at 12:04pm on Friday 19th to this question:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Question1508521.html

“I was struck by the way they all regarded themselves as 'Americans' with their 'Home State' taking very much a second place. There were 'Yanks' from Washington to Mississippi as well as a lot from Texas (due to Dallas being the headquarters of ARAMCO) but they were all 'Yanks' first and foremost. “

There is a huge difference, Eddie, between the United States of America and the “United States of Europe”. The States of the USA were never independent sovereign nations. They all (by and large) used the same language; they all used the same currency; they all submitted to the same government. They were not forced into any of these things as the sovereign nations of the EU are being forced, “salami style” to do.

“I often wonder if Europeans will some day feel the same way.”

Not a chance. Even the most pro-EU nations will never countenance the abolition of their national identity. Could you imagine the Germans agreeing to enter the Olympics under a “United States of Europe” banner? Could you imagine the French accepting that Champagne was a product of the EU rather than of France? The Euromanics have bitten off far more than they can chew if they believe they will ever achieve this and the ridiculous portrayal of the Olympic medals table which eliminates the 28 sovereign states demonstrates their ludicrous arrogance.

You may well feel this to be acceptable but I think you’ll find yourself in the minority, especially in the UK and probably in the EU as a whole.

[Zacs-Master]

It doesn't demonstrate anybody's lunatic arrogance. It's been put together by Euro-Informationen which is a content provider in the area of consumer-oriented communications, not Junkers, or the EU.
Jeez. Anyone heard of McCarthyism?

[jourdain2]

Quite correct NJ.

[bazwillrun]

another example of how desperate they are....

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-crisis-meeting-idUSKCN10W0CO

italy is a shambles...not surprising theyve instigated this "summit"....wonder how much they intend to ponce off the others ?

[New Judge]

I didn't suggest "lunatic" arrogance, but "ludicrous" arrogance - a different concept entirely. However:

"It's been put together by Euro-Informationen which is a content provider in the area of consumer-oriented communications,..."

Why? To what purpose? What for? What's the point since the EU does not enter a team for the Olympic Games (any more than Australasia, South America, Scotland, Wales or Yorkshire does)? Let me help from the earlier link:

"The table, created for the EU, proudly boasts how the EU has won a staggering 223 medals at this year's Games – including 78 golds – compared to the US' 84 and China's 51. MedalTracker.eu was produced by the Berlin-based agency Euro Informationen, which works for both the European Commission and European Parliament."

[bazwillrun]

" Euro-Informationen"

perhaps you should actually look at what they do for the eussr !

and maybe read exactly what NJ said....ludicrous not lunatic....mind you their aspirations are lunatic amongst other adjectives that can be used...

[bazwillrun]

you beat me to it NJ

[Mamyalynne]

As I stated on Page 1 - look at a proper table of medals, not one that is skewed and irks you.

[Zacs-Master]

Ok ok I got a word wrong. If you let little things like this upset you, then you need to don a suit of armour for when the real brexit process begins.

[naomi24]

Bathe in reflected glory whilst you can, Europe. :o)

[bazwillrun]

just because the poster has corrected you doesnt mean they are upset....highly unlikey

[bazwillrun]

"Bathe in reflected glory whilst you can, Europe."

since when has abject failure been glory ?....

the sooner the whole broken project is totally put to sleep the better for all those being destroyed by it...except those after the billions of euros they are after

[New Judge]

No it does not upset me and normally typos or mistakes do not need correcting on AB.

However, in this context this particular mis-quote does. There is quite a difference between a "ludicrous" arrogance and a "lunatic" arrogance. Lunatic suggests a "swivel-eyed lunes " connotation. I am not suggesting that anybody holding pro-EU views is a "swivel-eyed lunatic" (though I accept, for convenience, I refer to them as "euromaniacs"). "Ludicrous" however, is a perfectly acceptable description of their arrogance.

[anotheoldgit]

All this nationalistic superiority must stop forthwith. :0)

[ichkeria]

It's daft of course but it matters not :-)
GB & NI still finished 2nd in the medals table.