What does the 12 stars on the EU flag represent?

Question

What does the 12 stars on the EU flag represent?

Answer 1

13 stars

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_fl...

Answer 3

The flag has nothing to do with the European Union. It is owned by the Council Of Europe which represents the peoples of Europe!!!

Answer 4

Twelve was adopted as a number with no political connotations and as a symbol of perfection and completeness because of the ubiquity of the number for groups in European cultures and traditions such as:

12 hours on a clock

12 months in a year

12 symbols of the zodiac

12 Apostles

12 Caesars chronicled by Suetonius

12 Olympian gods

12 tables of Roman Law