A: The Flag of Europe consists of a circle of twelve golden stars on a blue background. It was created in 1955 and adopted by the European Union, then the European Economic Community, in 1984.

Bortis reportedly also downplayed the importance of the episode and admitted both flags shared their colors (red) and that both have a white cross, albeit in different sizes and shapes.

The European flag is to continue flying outside the Scottish Parliament beyond Brexit after MSPs voted to keep it up. Holyrood's management group had planned to lower the flag at 23:00 on Friday ...