R to @EU_Commission: 🇪🇺 40 years of the introduction of the European flag.

Initially the flag was used only by the Council of Europe.

In 1985, European leaders adopted the flag as an EU emblem. It was first raised outside our Berlaymont headquarters the year after.

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