.site-footer {
  background-color: #2f6eb6;
  color: white;
  padding: 3.75rem 1.25rem 2.5rem;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-align: center;

  margin: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: relative;
  
}

.footer-container {
  max-width: 75rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.footer-columns {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 10rem;
  margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
}

.footer-left,
.footer-links,
.footer-contact {
  flex: 1 1 12.5rem;
  max-width: 15.625rem;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  text-align: left;
}


.footer-left {
  text-align: center;
}

.footer-logo {
  max-width: 18rem;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
}

.footer-links a {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
  text-align: left;
  padding-left: 0;
  font-weight: 00;
  color: white;
  font-size: 1.125rem;
}

.footer-contact p,
.footer-contact a {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 1.125rem;
  font-weight: 00;
  color: white;
}

.footer-contact {
  align-items: flex-start;
  margin-top: -1.25rem;
}

.footer-flag img {
  margin-top: 0.5rem;
  display: block;
  width: 2.8125rem;
  height: auto;
 
}

.footer-bottom {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 0.875rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  padding-top: 0.625rem;
  padding-bottom: 1.25rem;
  border-top: none;
  max-width: 100%;
}

.footer-bottom p {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

.footer-contact-link {
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color 0.2s ease;
}

.footer-contact-link:hover {
  color: #cfe3ff;
  text-decoration: underline;
}


@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .site-footer {
    padding: 2rem 1rem 1.5rem;
  }

  .footer-columns {
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 2rem; /* much tighter */
    align-items: center;
    margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
  }

  .footer-left,
  .footer-links,
  .footer-contact {
    max-width: 100%;
    flex: 1 1 100%;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .footer-links a,
  .footer-contact p,
  .footer-contact a {
    text-align: center;
  }

  .footer-contact {
    align-items: center;
  }

  .footer-logo {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
  }

  .footer-bottom {
    margin-top: 1rem;
    padding-top: 0.5rem;
    padding-bottom: 1rem;
  }

}