In 2005, as part of the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, the Council of Europe answers questions about the origins, the designer, the adoption and the symbolism of the blue flag with 12 gold stars.

In 2005, this Council of Europe and European Union poster celebrates the 50th anniversary of the European flag.

On 16 November 2005, a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag is held in the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg, in the presence of the representatives of the institutions of the Council of Europe and of the European Union.

On 16 November 2005, at the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, René van der Linden, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg.

On 16 November 2005, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, René van der Linden, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg during the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag.

On 16 November 2005, at the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, the Permanent Representative of Portugal and Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe, Joaquim Duarte, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg.

On 16 November 2005, the Permanent Representative of Portugal and Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe, Joaquim Duarte, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg during the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag.

On 16 November 2005, at the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, the President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell Fontelles, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg.

On 16 November 2005, the President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell Fontelles, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg during the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag.

On 16 November 2005, at the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg.

On 16 November 2005, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Terry Davis, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg during the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag.

On 16 November 2005, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, delivers an address in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg during the celebrations held to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag.

On 16 November 2005, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament, Terry Davis, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, and René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, attend the official ceremony for the raising of the European flag in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg as part of the celebrations held to mark the flag’s 50th anniversary.

In front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg, at the ceremony held on 16 November 2005 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European flag, young people spread out the stars of the largest flag ever produced (46 x 25 m).

On 16 November 2005, during the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the European flag, a giant flag — the largest in the world — is laid out on the lawn in front of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg.

On 16 November 2005, in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe commemorates the 50th anniversary of the adoption, by its Committee of Ministers, of the blue flag with a circle of 12 gold stars, also adopted in June 1985 at the Milan European Council by the 10 Member States of the European Community. On this occasion, addresses are given by René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Terry Davies, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Televised information film broadcast in November 2005 to mark the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the blue flag with a circle of 12 gold stars by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. This flag was also chosen by the Ten, in June 1985 at the Milan European Council, as an emblem of the European Community.