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Originally Posted by mangamuscle
Language is (for better or worse) a non issue in the 21st century English has become the common language (much like latin first and greek later on) were. Not knowing english is akin to being illiterate. So the EU can use english to draft laws that apply to all members, it would be easier than, lets say, using Esperanto.
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Won't happen anytime soon. We are even having problems agreeing on only using three languages for European patents. Currently almost all EU stuff has to be translated into all 23 official languages. Frenchmen being proud of their language and German having the most native speakers doesn't help.