After seeing the oficial medal standings on the 2008 Olympic Games site , I was curious to see how the European Union stands out in the world of sports. So I summed the results for the countries in EU and I was very happy to see that EU comes in first place, by far.
| Medal Standings |  |
 |
 |
Total | |
| 1 |  EU |
94 | 106 | 107 | 307 |
| 2 |  CHN |
51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 3 |  USA |
36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 4 |  RUS |
23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 5 |  GBR |
19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
Also, looking at a comparaison of GDP around the world(CIA World Factbook), I see that EU is starting to be the super-power we tried to create. A super-power that act very slow(because of the time needed to get the consensus of their components governements), but when is acting, is almost sure to make the best decision(or the best compromise). Between so many il tempered super-powers( US, China, Russia) , the European Union is like a calm mediator.
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Rank
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Country
|
GDP (purchasing power parity)
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Date of Information
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1
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World | $ 65,610,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
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2
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European Union | $ 14,380,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
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3
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United States | $ 13,840,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
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4
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China | $ 6,991,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
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5
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Japan | $ 4,290,000,000,000 | 2007 est. |
I hope that this union of countries will become a strong source of stability and prosperity in this so agitated and troubled world.
Am I nationalist if I say that I’m proud to be a citizen of the European Union ?
