On January 3, 1986, the then European Economic Community officially adopted the twelve-star flag. History, meaning, and ...

Europe is celebrating its flag: Twelve golden stars, explicitly, and in contrast to some national flags, not representing member states or units but "the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among ...

The flag has long been a great symbol of pride for the nation. For centuries, flags have been used as powerful symbols to not ...

To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...