Re: EU and CoE emblems?

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 97 21:29:24 -0500
From: MINELRES moderator <minelres@mailbox.riga.lv>
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Subject: Re: EU and CoE emblems?

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Original sender: Ivan Kuhn <ik2@ukc.ac.uk>

Re: EU and CoE emblems?

On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 20:14:32 +0300 (EET DST) MINELRES moderator 
<minelres@mailbox.riga.lv> wrote:

>Dear colleagues, 
>
>Sorry for the question which sounds rather stupid. Does somebody know 
>what is the difference between the official emblems of the Council of 
>Europe and the European Union? They both look very similar - 12 golden 
>stars (sometimes on blue background).

Well they are not only looking similar, they are the same.  Blue flag with 
twelve gold (yellow) stars was originally adopted as a symbol of the Council
 of Europe (I am not sure when exactly) and later (again I do not remember
the date) it was accepted as a symbol of European Union.

Ivan Kuhn

PS: I will try to find the dates in my archive.

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Moderator adds: Thank you, Ivan! Isn't this situation somewhat misleading?
Or this is just to emphasize close links between the two bodies? 

Boris 

 
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