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Consider problem (a): the exterior homogeneous Navier-Stokes problem in \(\mathbb{R}^2\). Let \(v=(u,w)\) and \(p\) the velocity and the pressure, such that the \(L^2\) norm of \(\text{div}(v)\) is bounded (Condition (b)). Define the class \(C\) of symmetric solutions: \(u\) and \(p\) are even in \(x_2\) and \(w\) is odd in \(x_2\). Consider the limit \(U\) of \(v\) at infinity. The aim is to find a solution to problem (a), with condition (b), for any prescribed \(U\). In 1933, J. Leray obtained the solution but only in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). The main result of this paper is: in the class \(C\), with an unicity assumption for problem (a), the author obtains a solution for any \(U\), which verifies also condition (b). Therefore, by using a symmetry and a unicity assumption, the author improves a well-known result. Unfortunately, the unicity assumption is in general, not true. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0934.00018].