On the occasion of the start of the French presidency of the European Union on January 1, 2022, a huge European flag was deployed under the Arc de Triomphe, in the place usually occupied by the national flag.
His presence made many opposition political figures react, starting with Éric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen and Valérie Pécresse - the latter two having even asked the Head of State to hand over the national flag.
What, moreover, will be done in the coming days, recalled the Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune, who defended a "
symbolic and temporary initiative
".
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The replacement of the national flag by the European flag is of a novel nature.
Certainly, European colors were already floating under the Arc de Triomphe in the second half of 2008, during the last French presidency of the Council of the EU - but at the time, the European flag had been placed next to the national flag and was not was not replacing him.
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