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Following the devastation
of the Second World War on western Europe, a French businessman
suggested the economic linking of the European nations.
It was believed a union of
nations, sharing their resources, would not only assist in a quicker
post-war economic recovery, but would also reduce the possibility of
another war on the continent.
A number of co-operative
organisations were established between various Western European
nations and one, the Council of Europe, on the 8th of December 1955
adopted a flag containing a ring of 12 stars on a blue field .
On the first of January
1958, the European Economic Community (EEC) was established. In 1967,
the Council of Europe and the European Economic Community merged to
form the European Community (EC).
On the 29th of May 1986,
the European Community formally adopted the ring of stars flag and on
the 1st of January 1993, the European Community was renamed the
European Union (EU). |
