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Flag of the European Union. At present the European Union consists of the following countries – Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
This flag represents all the countries within the EU with the gold stars in the centre symbolising the unity and solidarity of the people of Europe. The amount of stars in no way reflects the amount of members within the European Union.
The history of this flag dates back to 1955 when the existence of the European Union was simply the European coal and steel community. The Council of Europe at the time was considering what design to use as a symbol which is when the present design was introduced. The circle of stars in the centre represents unity of the nations within the European Union and is also the number of months in a year and the number of hours on a clock face.
In 1985 the European Union flag was adopted by all European leaders and the flag became the recognised symbol of Europe.
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