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 ...

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?

PARIS: Several recently elected far-right mayors have taken down European Union flags from the facades of their town halls, in a move the French government denounced as “populism”. Marine Le Pen’s ...