A brief profile of the Star of European Unity
A single star is recognised as an effective non-national symbol for any European country. We have created a 2m diameter physical 5-pointed gold star – decorated with symbols to represent the ideals of the EU – to be a ‘talisman’ for those in the UK who want to live in a community of nations and abide by these ideals. We call this ‘UK’s Star of European Unity’ or simply ‘Our Star’.
The physical star has two sides, each presenting a different perspective of our values and ideals. Both sides include the Circle of Stars that appears on the Flag of Europe with colour reversed to reflect our changed European status. Inside the Circle of Stars, on one side called ‘Peace Star’, a flock of doves holding olive branches fly above, representing Peace and Friendship towards all nations. Others are resting below on each leg, representing Peace at home, within the Union. On the other side called ‘Unity Star’, the ‘People Ring’ symbolizes the citizens, their rights, diversity and equality of all people, holding hands to represent harmony and unity between them.
Further description of the ideals and meanings behind Our Star and background information can be found on the About Our Star page.
A Question of the Future . . .
Do you want this? . . .
A nation in decline, bathing in the past, thinking of greatness but now just a poor, naked skeleton, a laughing stock among nations with a lying, incompetent and corrupt government that abuses citizens’ rights, their own laws and the environment, whilst enriching its cronies and friends.
. . . or is this better?
A multi-ethnic society that lives in unity and peace with its European neighbours, that respects all citizens’ rights, the rule of law, honesty and accountability with a democratic Parliament that cares for our planet and all its inhabitants, including those who flee danger and abuse, and stands tall in the World.
To help YOU decide, Our Star launched a campaign in 2023 and 2024 called Choosing Our Future, a series of public discussions and debates about the future of the UK and its relationship with the European Union. This was a series of events around the UK which are described with videos on the pages Our Star Trek in 2023 and Our Star Trek in 2024.
The campaign was inspired by the EU’s Conference on the Future of Europe, held in 2021 and 2022, which involved Assemblies and discussions by thousands of citizens expressing their wishes for the future. The Conference is described here:
Conference of the Future of Europe
One of the outcomes of the Conference, was the recommendations to use Citizens Assemblies in policy development. This led to the establishment of the Democratic Odyssey, which is a crowdsourced, decentralised and collaborative campaign initiated in 2023 to develop a concept and strategy to create a permanent European Peoples’ Assembly within the European Union.
It is supported by all the EU Institutions and holds Assemblies in various locations in Europe to build experience and infrastructure in preparation for future introduction of Citizens’ Assemblies alongside the European Commission and Parliament.
The Democratic Odyssey
The first series of development Assemblies is ongoing, the first took place in Athens in September 2024, the second takes place in Florence in February 2025, and the third in Vienna in May 2025. Further information is given on this page.
Further information available on this site:
Crowdfunding ‘Our Star’ is the information page that tells you about our ongoing Crowdfunding campaign on gofundme, and additional information on how everyone can get involved in this Campaign as a ‘Backer’.
Recent Events provides examples of the places Our Star has been involved in over the last 6 months, including at the European Parliament and Royal Albert Hall.
EUtube: reminisce about the days of the Anti-Brexit campaign of 2016-2020 by watching these videos of the floats and marches in London, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle.