In July 2020, the Presidential Palace in Paris took down its French flag, and put up a new one that uses a very slightly darker shade of blue. Mr Macron has been using the darker flag in press conferences ever since. And somehow, no-one [in the media] noticed it until this week. So what does this mean? Does France officially have a new flag? Can the President just do that? Why change it anyway? I decided to investigate...
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CREDITS & FURTHER INFO
Europe1 article and radio clip:
www.europe1.fr/politique/info...
“Is it anticonstitutional to change the colours of the French flag?” from La Voix Du Nord:
www.lavoixdunord.fr/1099237/a...
BFMTV’s coverage of the 31st March 2021 presidential address, showing navy blue flag behind Mr Macron:
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Aramis Navy ship by Jean-Pierre Bazard:
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16 ноя 2021