Found this on Wikipedia, for what it's worth.
The flag was originally adopted by the Council of Europe on December 8, 1955, from one of many designs attributed to Arsène Heitz[1]. On 25 October 1955 the Parliamentary Assembly made the unanimous decision to adopt a circle of gold stars on a blue background as an emblem. On 8 December 1955 the Committee of Ministers adopted this as the European flag. "Against the blue sky of the Western world, the stars represent the peoples of Europe in a circle, a symbol of unity. Their number shall be invariably set at twelve, the symbol of completeness and perfection...[So far so good.]
...just like the twelve signs of the zodiac represent the whole universe,
[Ruh-roh.]
...the twelve gold stars stand for all peoples of Europe – including those who cannot as yet take part in building up Europe in unity and peace."
that’s some liberal cr*p from wikipedia...
you should look up the EU flag proposed by von Hapsburg. his flag is flown now, however it is just missing the Cross he added.
and btw.... i read in a book (called something like ‘100 random facts’), the author wrote to the EU asking if it was true that the 12 gold stars represented the Virgin Mary, and the EUrocrat confirmed this. Also in my European history lecture last semester, even the very anti-christian lecturer said that the flag was based on the virgin mary and her crown of 12 gold stars.