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Name | European flag, Flag of Europe, Flag of the Council of Europe, Flag of the European Union |
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Use | Council flag representing the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, union flag representing the 28 member states of the EU |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 8 December 1955[1] (CoE) 29 June 1985 (EEC) |
Design | ![]() |
Designed by | Arsène Heitz, Paul M. G. Lévy |
The Flag of Europe or European Flag,[a] is an official symbol adopted by two separate organisations, the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe,[2] and the European Union (EU). Its made up of a circle of twelve five-pointed yellow stars on a blue (azure) field.
The design was created in 1955, and officially adopted later that year by the Council of Europe as a symbol for the whole of Europe.[3]
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