▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁C uck oo Ch ess ▁ 1 . 1 2 ▁Project ▁page ▁ ▁Category : Ch ess ▁engines ▁Category : Free ▁software ▁Category : So ftware ▁using ▁the ▁G PL ▁license ▁Category : Open - source ▁artificial ▁intelligence <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁flag ▁of ▁the ▁Western ▁European ▁Union ▁( WE U ) ▁was ▁dark ▁blue ▁with ▁a ▁sem ic irc le ▁of ▁ten ▁yellow ▁five ▁pointed ▁stars , ▁broken ▁at ▁the ▁top , ▁with ▁the ▁organisation ' s ▁initial s ▁in ▁the ▁centre . ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁flag ▁of ▁a ▁military ▁organisation , ▁it ▁has ▁rarely ▁been ▁flow n ▁in ▁military ▁situations . ▁ ▁Design ▁ ▁The ▁flag ▁is ▁dark ▁blue ▁with ▁a ▁sem ic irc le ▁of ▁ten ▁yellow ▁five ▁pointed ▁stars , ▁broken ▁at ▁the ▁top , ▁with ▁the ▁white ▁letters ▁W E U ▁hor izont ally ▁across ▁the ▁centre ▁and ▁UE O ▁vert ically ▁across ▁the ▁centre ▁sharing ▁the ▁letter ▁E ▁with ▁the ▁former ▁set ▁of ▁initial s . ▁UE O ▁is ▁the ▁French ▁abbre vi ations ▁for ▁Western ▁European ▁Union . ▁The ▁flag ' s ▁blue ▁colour ▁with ▁yellow ▁stars ▁is ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁flag ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁European ▁Union , ▁however ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁stars ▁is ▁ten ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁W E U ▁membership ▁being ▁of ▁that ▁number . ▁ ▁Use ▁The ▁flag ▁was ▁rarely ▁used , ▁with ▁the ▁W E U ▁being ▁largely ▁d orm ant ▁before ▁it ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁the ▁European ▁Union ' s ▁( E U