A social media post by Antonio Tajani, Italy’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has sparked debate around the origins and symbolism of the European flag. Writing on X to mark 40 years since ...
The EU’s official motto, „United in diversity“, was chosen in 2000 from over 80,000 entries in a competition. The phrase ...
To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...