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Dermot Hodson
@dermot_hodson
Prof @bbkpolitics. Visiting Prof @collegeofeurope. PI @bankingoneurope. Coming soon with @YaleBooks: Circle of Stars: A History of the European Union.
May 5, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
My forthcoming book with @YaleBooks on the history of the EU now has a cover. But where did the circle of stars on the European flag come from? 1/12 Image Heraldically described as ‘on an azure field, a circle of 12 golden mullets, their points not touching’, the European flag was adopted by the Council of Europe in 1955 after a design by Arsène Heitz. The European Community adopted this flag as its own 30 years later 2/12 Image