Many ideas were submitted to the Council of Europe in the 1950s, but the 🇪🇺 EU flag was unanimously adopted on 8 December 1955.
Seven decades on, the flag embodies the values of unity, solidarity, diversity and harmony and is the most recognisable symbol of our European identity.
@EU_Commission I really like the flag of europe. I love that its unique on a continent dominated by samey three-stripes flags, I love the symbolism and I like how it is simple enough to work as a 20x20px emoji on my screen, as a building sized banner and any size in between. I also just think the colors are really pretty. It really is one of the most successful flag designs around imo.
@EU_Commission Como bandera de la UE no sirve (y quedaría regular con la estrella de Moscú allí), pero deberíamos recuperar una versión con Kiyv y Chişinău + los Balcanes del diseño de Salvador de Madariaga para europropaganda.
@EU_Commission lol, Arsène Heitz really wanted to shove the French flag in there. Would have been horrible. Especially from a design perspective, flags inside of flags are a nogo... (apart from the French being too French about l'union européenne....)
I would love to see more proposals and more on the story of the flag. Very interesting.