European Union: Anti-European Union flags

Last modified: 2007-02-02 by ivan sache
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• Yugoslavian protest flag (1999)
• Polish anti-European Union flag (2002)

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• European Union
• The European Union flag in cartoons

Yugoslavian protest flag

Anti-European flag used in Yugoslavia - Image by António Martins, 26 August 2003

A regular European Union flag with a golden swastika (standing on a side) on the middle was used in a demonstration protesting against perceived European Union cooperation in the NATO bombings against Yugoslavia in 1999.

António Martins, 26 August 2003

Polish anti-European flag (2002)

Anti-European flag used in Poland - Image by Ivan Sache, 18 December 2002

A TV guide shows a picture probably taken during a anti-European Union demonstration somewhere in Poland. Two flags are shown, a Polish national flag and a European Union flag defaced with a red cross in saltire. There is no legend to the picture, only a credit to AFP (Agence France Presse).
The flag undoubtly promotes rejection of the adherence to European Union. The picture is too small to check the details of the flag but the "no" cross was probably made with red sticky tape.

Ivan Sache, 18 December 2002