Fun fact: EU combined has more gold medals than US or China #TokyoOlympics I’d love to see the EU flag next to the national on athletes’ clothes. Our identity is layered - we’re proud Italians, Latvians, Germans, Slovenians... and Europeans. Our sports should reflect that !🥇🇪🇺

@MMTLabour @guyverhofstadt The EU stopped being just a trading bloc decades ago.

@AntacsB @guyverhofstadt Read my entire post. ;-)

@MMTLabour @guyverhofstadt Don't be silly. Rather like those investors in people logos you see in business. He want the EU contribution to each nations sport recognized. Please think before you tweet.

@Danckh @guyverhofstadt Sorry, but in what way does the EU contribute to the medals won by a Danish Olympian?

@MMTLabour @guyverhofstadt And to prevent another terrible war in Europe, which it has. So far.

@ianvward @guyverhofstadt Tell that to those in former Yugoslavia. Wasn't it Germany that recognised Bosnia Hercegovina that broke up the country?

@MMTLabour @guyverhofstadt Like the USA?

@yacfOaky @guyverhofstadt The EU does not offer fiscal equalisation across its regions and doesn't have a federal system of democratic controls. Apart from that it's identical! 🤪🤣🤣🤣

@MMTLabour @guyverhofstadt "Neoliberal"? It is purely socialist.

@UstavN @guyverhofstadt Name a single Treaty Article that calls for nationalisation, public ownership, social housing and a planned economy. Over to you...

@MMTLabour @guyverhofstadt Fun fact - the EU has a flag, anthem, makes laws, imposes taxes, has an army. Yep it's a country.

@mikeflynn68 @guyverhofstadt The EU is a country! Gee, how come it doesn't have a national football team or enter the Eurovision Song Contest?

@SamMall88668674 @guyverhofstadt We couldn't have a national budget without having to submit it to the unelected Commission every October. We couldn't choose not to impose VAT on certain goods and we had to abide by laws created and implemented by the same Commission. Read TFEU.

@Dominic_Simpson @guyverhofstadt If you want to be taken seriously you should avoid linking to articles by known liars and warmongers.

@Dominic_Simpson @guyverhofstadt The issues around lost or depleted incomes from the EU regeneration funds, or local authority spending cuts is down to the Tory government. Austerity is a choice both at home and in the EU. The EU ran with Osborne's austerity narrative destroying livelihoods across the bloc.

@PresiFernando @guyverhofstadt Veto power only applies to Treaty variations. That's why it's almost impossible to change a Treaty Article and why the 'remain and reform' movement was a futile vehicle.