International Flags - Esperanto Symbols, Flag of Europe, List of Black Flags, Olympic Symbols, Paralympic Symbols, World Flag, Red Flag (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Esperanto symbols, Flag of Europe, List of black flags, Olympic symbols, Paralympic symbols, World Flag, Red flag, Flag of the United Nations, Pan-African flag, White flag, Flag of Antarctica, Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations, Flag of the Earth, Flag of the European Coal and Steel Community, Flag of the African Union, Flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Korean Unification Flag, Flag of the Western European Union, Flag of the Hispanic People, Flag of the League of Arab States, Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, Flag of the Nordic Council, Flag of NATO, Flag of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Flag of the Southern African Development Community, Flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Flag of Benelux, International inspection pennant. Excerpt: The flag of Europe is the flag and emblem of the European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) (it is also used to indicate the euro or eurozone countries). It consists of a circle of 12 golden (yellow) stars on a blue background. The blue represents the West, the number of stars represents completeness while their position in a circle represents unity. The stars do not vary according to the members of either organisation as they are intended to represent all the peoples of Europe, even those outside European integration. The flag was designed by Arsene Heitz and Paul Levy in 1955 for the CoE as its symbol, and the CoE urged it to be adopted by other organisations. In 1985 the EU, which was then the European Economic Community (EEC), adopted it as its own flag (having had no flag of its own before) at the initiative of the European Parliament. The flag is not mentioned in the EU's treaties, its incorporation being dropped along with the European Constitution, but it is f...