Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, gives a speech during the inaugural ceremony of the European flag. For the first time, the European flag is hoisted in the esplanade of the European Commission 's Berlaymont building, in the presence of Jacques DELORS, President of the EC.

Strasbourg

ceremony

European flag

PFLIMLIN, Pierre (EPP, FR)

DELORS, Jacques (FR)

Inauguration of the European flag in front of the EC Berlaymont building

Children and young people waving European flags

An umbrella with the colours of the European flag

Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, Charles RUTTEN, Dutch Permanent Representative to the European Communities, and Jacques DELORS, President of the EC (from left to to right)

SOUNDBITE (French), Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, -