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1985 proposals for a European flag

European Community flag proposal in the Adonnino report
Unofficial flag of the European Community observed in 1985

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European Community flag proposal in the Adonnino report

Reconstructed flags after the illustration and text in he Adonnino report -
left, image after the report cover by Olivier Touzeau, 18 June 2025 (see below);
right, image in wikipedia located by Esteban Rivera, 29 May 2025

According to the "Adonnino Report" [source] (in memoriam of Mr Pietro Adonnino, Chair of the ad hoc Committee 'On a People's Europe', formally Report to the European Council by the ad hoc committee "On a People's Europe", A 10.04 COM 85, SN/2536/3/85) issued in Milan on June 28-29, 1985, there was a proposal for a flag as follows.

Reconstructed flags after the illustration and text in he Adonnino report - images located by Esteban Rivera, 29 May 2025
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left, front cover of the Adonnino Report, as an example of the use in official documents of the "Unofficial flag of the European Community,
right, text of the proposal for a flag

Fomr the Adonnino report:

"9. STRENGTHENING OF THE COMMUNITY'S IMAGE AND IDENTITY
The Committee, taking account of the reference to initiatives of symbolic value in the conclusions of the European Council at Fontainebleau, proposes the following:
9.1. There is clearly a need, for both practical and symbolic reasons, for a flag and an emblem to be used at national and international events, exhibitions and other occasions where the existence of the Community needs to be brought to public attention. A decision on this matter is required in order to avoid misunderstanding and confusion. The Committee agrees with the European Parliament's idea that a design which could be used for both a Community emblem and a flag should be basically that chosen by the Council of Europe. However, bearing in mind the independence and the different nature of the two organizations, the Committee proposes to the European Council that the European Community emblem and flag should be a blue rectangle with, in the centre, a circle of twelve five-pointed gold stars which do not touch, surrounding a gold letter E, of the design already used by the Commission."

It is then likely that the description above may well be the connection and/or background for the appearence of the "Unofficial flag of the European Community" since both are dated 1985. However, different elements vary since the Adonnino Report does not specify a font type and features the yellow five-pointed stars, while the "Unofficial flag" simply displays the "E" in a specific font (which by the way is featured in the cover of the
"Adonnino Report" with the accompanying stars).

Esteban Rivera, 29 May 2025

Unofficial flag of the European Community observed in 1985

Flag used by the European Community - Tentative image by António Martins, 17 August 2005

An unofficial European Community flag was displayed on the occasion of a visit to the Commission (Berlaymont, Brussels) by His Holiness Pope John Paul II, 20 May 1985 (photo).
The flag is blue with a yellow symbol, probably a single round "E".

Kristian Söderbergh & António Martins, 17 August 2005