– Why does the European Union flag 🇪🇺 only has 12 stars instead of 28 (the number of states in the eu)? what do the stars in the flag even mean?

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– Why does the European Union flag 🇪🇺 only has 12 stars instead of 28 (the number of states in the eu)? what do the stars in the flag even mean?

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Answer 1

12 is the symbol of completeness and unity and has nothing to do with the countries in the EU

Answer 2

Unlike the US flag the stars on the EU flag does not represent the members of the union.

>Against the blue sky of the Western world, the stars symbolise the peoples of Europe in a form of a circle, a sign of union. Their number is invariably twelve, the figure twelve being the symbol of perfection and entirety.

It is a symbol of an ideal

Answer 3

The designer Paul Lévy said that they considered many designs including one that had 15 stars and decided it looks best with 12.