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the end of English as an official EU language
English as an official language of the European Union and in the European parliament? Could it
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the 1990s, the dominant language of the EU was French. When the EU was the
Currently, the EU lists 24 official and working languages. The
have nominated a different language as their EU official language. For instance, the Republic of
When Britain withdraws from the EU (and leaving aside possible negotiations with Scotland
of the referendum, in 2016, the German EU commissioner Günther Oettinger explained, “We have a
cease to be a language of the EU? Probably not in the short to medium
term, either in conversations between EU member countries, MEPs, or in EU interaction
MEP even suggested that communications in the EU could be fairer in English, as it