European Union
"blue field with 12 five-pointed gold stars arranged in a circle in the center,
representing the union of the peoples of Europe"

Austria
"three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red"

Belgium
"three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red"

Bulgaria
"three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red"

Cyprus
"white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island above two green crossed
olive branches in the center of the flag"

Czech Republic
"two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle
based on the hoist side"

Denmark
"red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag"

Estonia
"three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white"

Finland
"white with a blue cross extending to the edges of the flag"

France
"three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red"

Germany
"three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and gold"

Greece
"nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; there is a blue square
in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross"

Hungary
"three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green"

Ireland
"three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange"

Italy
"three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red"

Latvia
"three horizontal bands of maroon (top), white (half-width), and maroon"

Lithuania
"three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red"

Luxembourg
"three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and light blue"

Malta
"two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red; in the upper hoist-side
corner is a representation of the George Cross, edged in red"

Netherlands
"three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue"

Poland
"two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red"

Portugal
"two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with
the Portuguese coat of arms centered on the dividing line"

Romania
"three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red"

Slovakia
"three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red superimposed with
the coat of arms of Slovakia (consisting of a red shield bordered in white and
bearing a white Cross of Lorraine surmounting three blue hills); the coat of arms
is centered vertically and offset slightly to the hoist side"

Slovenia
"three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Slovenian seal
(a shield with the image of Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue
background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and
rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an inverted triangle"

Spain
"three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width), and red with the national
coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coat of arms is quartered to
display the emblems of the traditional kingdoms of Spain (clockwise from upper left,
Castile, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon) while Granada is represented by the stylized
pomegranate at the bottom of the shield; the arms are framed by two columns"

Sweden
"blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag"

United Kingdom
"blue field with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged in
white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of
Ireland), which is superimposed on the diagonal white cross of Saint Andrew"

EU Flag Represantation Research

European Union member flag descriptions from www.nationmaster.com translated to images with WordsEye®, a text-to-scene conversion tool designed to depict language by Bob Coyne and Richard Sproat.

EU members as of Fall 2010.
Europe, 2011