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The reverse bears the words AU NOM DU PEUPLE FRANÇAIS (In the name of the French people) surrounded by a crown of oak (a symbol of perennity) and laurel (a symbol of glory) leaves tied together with weed and grapes (for agriculture and wealth), and the circular national motto LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ.
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1935: The annual edition of Le Petit Larousse reproduced a monochrome reproduction of the arms as a symbol of the French Republic. 1953: The United Nations Secretariat requested that France submit a national coat of arms that were to adorn the wall behind the podium in the General Assembly hall in New York, alongside the other member states' arms.
An interchangeable lighter version of the national flag of the French Fifth Republic from 1976. [2] This version was abandoned by President Emmanuel Macron in July 2021 in favor of the version with darker shades. [3] [4] [5] A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). 1976–2020: Flag of France (vertical) 2020–present;
Unlike the tricolor flag, the coat of arms of the French Republic is not enshrined in Article 2 of the Constitution of France.However, diplomatic emblems are used. The first version was created in 1905 and later used to represent France at the United Nations, but it still needs to update.
The Gallic rooster (French: coq gaulois, pronounced [kɔk ɡolwa] ⓘ) is a national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a state and its values: the Republic. [citation needed] The rooster is also the symbol of the Wallonia region and the French Community of Belgium.
The tricolor cockade became the official symbol of the revolution in 1792, with the three colors now said to represent the three estates of French society: the clergy (blue), the nobility (white) and the third estate (red). [2] The use of the three colors spread, and a law of 15 February 1794 made them the colors of the French national flag. [4]