What colour are the stars on the flag of the European Community?
Flag of the Western European Union French abbreviations for Western European Union. The flag's blue colour with yellow stars is taken from the flag of the Council of Europe and European Union, however the number of stars is ten due to the WEU membership being of that number. The flag was rarely used, with the WEU being largely dormant before it was succeeded by the European Union's (EU) military activities. It was once flown on board an operational United States Navy warship, the USS "John Rodgers", when it was used as the flagship of an Italian general (with a WEU crew) commanding WEU relief operations in
Flag of the European Coal and Steel Community this day the ECSC flag outside the European Commission in Brussels was lowered for the final time by President Romano Prodi and replaced with the EU flag. One original copy of the flag of the ECSC with 12 stars is exposed in the office of the President of the European University Institute in Florence, Prof. J. H.H. Weiler. Flag of the European Coal and Steel Community The flag of the European Coal and Steel Community was a horizontal bicolour flag defaced with stars which represented the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1958 (six years after the ECSC was