A social media post claims that French authorities are removing the European flag from town halls across the country. It's sparked other claims that doing so is illegal, but what does the law say?

To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...

Flags are more than colorful backdrops at sporting events. They're history lessons stitched into symbolic rectangles. Every design reflects geography, revolutions, politics, and ideals a country ...