Proposals for the European flag

Part 1/2

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• Presentation of the proposals
• Proposals, part 1/2

See also:

• European Union
• Proposals for the European flag (Part 1/2)

Presentation of the proposals

In Fahnen, Flags, Drapeaux (Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of Vexillology, Zurich, 23-27 August 1993 [icv93]), there is a paper by Carole Lager entitled Le drapeau européen, histoire et symbolisme (The European flag, history and symbolism) [lag99].
Lager's paper includes a colour plate showing proposals for the European flag, originally published by P.M.G. Lévy and P. Martin, as Un drapeau pour l'Europe (A flag for Europe) in Saisons d'Alsace, 1950, #3.

The two first flags showed on the plate are those of the two private European movements which existed in 1950:

• European Movement
• Paneuropa Union

The other proposals shown on the colour plate are unfortunately not discussed by C. Lager and will be presented below and in Part II without further comments but a short description.

Ivan Sache, 6 January 2000

Proposals, part I

by Ivan Sache

Proposal #1 is a plain green flag.

by Ivan Sache

Proposal #2 has four horizontal blue-green-yellow-black stripes and a triangle horizontally divided into two equal white-red parts placed along the hoist.

by Ivan Sache

Proposal #3 is blue with a white triangle bordered in black placed in the middle of the flag.

by Ivan Sache

Proposal #4 is quartered red-blue-green-yellow by a thick white cross.

by Ivan Sache

by Ivan Sache

Proposal #6 is white with a green letter E in the middle.

Ivan Sache, 15 April 2005