Will the stars of the European Union float at the Olympics on Friday? In order for the response to be positive, European officials announced on Sunday that they had written to the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, to request that the EU flag accompany the Slovenian team at the opening ceremony of the Games. in Tokyo.
“We would like to propose that on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Slovenian Olympic team enter the stadium wearing the Slovenian flag next to the flag of the European Union,” wrote in a letter Joint European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, who has held the rotating EU presidency since July.
This act “will make Slovenian athletes ambassadors of European unity but also of the values which underpin our Union and which also correspond to those of the Olympic movement”, estimated the two officials. “The EU flag must be present at the opening ceremony of # Tokyo2020 as a symbol of peaceful coexistence, tolerance and solidarity,” Margaritis Schinas, commissioner in charge of promoting the EU, also said on Twitter. European way of life. Now we have to wait for Thomas Bach’s response.