Logo (was Re: Women (was Re: <snip>))

[Alex Hudson]

It was never based on 12 countries. I believe it was used even before there
were twelve members? I think it was also adopted partly for the properties
of symmetry that it has, and that kind of symbolism.

Cheers,

Alex.

> I used to think that the 12 stars represented the 12 countries but
> apparently it's based on an old heraldic symbol and will not change as
> countries are added as happened recently.
>
> But then I could be wrong ...
>
> Andy
>
> At 23:44 22/12/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Frederico S. Muñoz wrote:
> >
> > > Indeed.... although the 12 stars no longer represent each country and
> > > will contiune to be twelve they are still the symbol of the
> > > EU. Russia, some blatic countries, even some northern vountries IIRC
> > > are not EU.
>
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