Edited sentence: Farage said that the Union Flag has representated Liberal Democracy far longer than any other member state of the European Union and that it will "go on long after your star spangled banner (EU Flag) has disappeared".Following the precedings on Tuesday; Nigel Farage spoke out against Europe Day and the Schengen Area which was one of the subjects in the European Parliament.Many UKIP MEP's along with other MEP's instead of following the precedings but instead flew flags of there own nation states.Nigel Farage spoke out against José Manuel Barroso's words against the "populists" who flew their member states flag during the ceromany.On Monday, 9th May 2011; the European Parliament in Strasbourg held a celebration regarding Europe day.The flags of the Netherlands, Denmark, France and the United Kingdom were flown either by patriotic or eurosceptic MEP's