What was the story of the blue change in the French flag?
In a recent move in the French media, Emmanuel Macron changed the blue of the country’s flag from light blue, which was close to the color of the EU flag.
The blue tricolor of the French flag was changed so carefully that it went unnoticed for almost three years. But this change has been noticed in recent days and has caused a stir.
Light blue has been replaced by dark blue in the French red-white-blue flag that flies over the Elysee Palace (French Presidential Palace) and also stands behind Emmanuel Macron in press conferences and speeches.
The French presidency recently announced that it had restored the blue of the flag to the same color as before 1976. In 1976, according to the decision of the then President of France, Giscard d’Estaing, the blue color of the flag became lighter to match the blue color of the European Union flag.
