Here's your starter for 10. Do you know when the European Union's national day falls? Can you identify its flag, remember its official motto, or hum its national anthem?
All right, it's a trick question. In theory, none of these things exists. They would have been recognised by the European Constitution, but, in pretty much the only concession to Euro-sceptic opinion, they have been removed from the new draft, to be signed in Lisbon tomorrow.

In practice, of course, this excision makes no difference. The EU will continue to mark its national day (May 9), fly its 12-star flag and perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Indeed, the official anthem now opens every formal sitting of the European Parliament, bringing MEPs to their feet with their right hands clapped to their breasts. (Most MEPs, anyway. This one is left writhing about like Alex in A Clockwork Orange gasping: "It's a sin, using Ludwig Van like that! He only wrote music!")

Sixteen of the 27 EU states will sign a declaration pledging their continued loyalty to the EU's symbols. But, given that no one is proposing to drop these symbols, it's hard to see what they're bothered about.
The continued use of the Euro-emblems, albeit without any legal base, is typical of how the EU reacts to "No" votes.
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