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.