In 1976, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing decided to lighten the color of the blue stripe to match that of the European Union flag, in order to emphasize France's commitment to the EU.

France changed the color of it's flag over a year ago and no one noticed. French news outlets revealed on Sunday that the blue third of the flag was made darker.

The European flag symbolises both the European Union and, more broadly, the identity and unity of Europe. It features a circle of 12 gold stars on a blue background.

The new shade of blue is more distinct from the lighter tone used on the European Union flag. Emmanuel Macron's Elysee Palace did not formally announce the change, but told Europe 1 and CNews the ...

The blue rectangle, originally adopted from the Union Flag since erstwhile Malaya was a British colony, now means unity of the people of the country. The flag was adopted on May 26, 1950. South Africa ...

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