= Сообщение: 3892 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555 24 Jun 16 12:21:25 Кому : Björn Felten 24 Jun 16 12:21:25 Тема : Brexit FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+576d09a7 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+576cfc26 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP850 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+576d1616 ============================================================================== Hello Björn,
On Friday June 24 2016 11:23, you wrote to me:
MvdV>> I wonder... will the UK license plates with the blue rectangle MvdV>> and the twelve yellow stars all be replaced?
BF> LOL! Good question. Another one is when will the license plates in BF> the rest of the union get a blue rectangle with (now) 27 stars?
They won't. The number of stars has nothing to do with the number of members. There are twelve stars on the EU flag. They symbolise unity, solidarity and harmony bewteen the peoples of the union.
From Wikipedia:
Number of stars The Twelve Olympians by Monsiau (late 18th century)
The number of stars on the flag is fixed at 12, and is not related to the number of member states of the EU (although the EU did have 12 member states from 1986 to 1994). This is because it originally was the flag of the Council of Europe.[31] In 1953, the Council of Europe had 15 members; it was proposed that the future flag should have one star for each member, and would not change based on future members. West Germany objected to this as one of the members was the disputed area of Saarland, and to have its own star would imply sovereignty for the region.[14] Twelve was eventually adopted as a number with no political connotations and as a symbol of unity.[31] In his 2006 book Boris Johnson drew attention to the Emperor Necklace which depicts twelve Caesars, and looks 'uncannily like the euro flag'.[60] While 12 is the correct number of stars, sometimes flags or emblems can be found that incorrectly show 15 (as of the rejected proposal) or 25 (as suggested by some after the expansion of the EU to 25 member states in 2004).[61][62] However, the flag also remains that of the Council of Europe, which now has 47 member states.
