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[Series of events in several EU languages] The Language of Europe
19/06/2021 00:15
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Europeans need a shared language ... but which one? This is the question we will discuss in a series of debates, in various languages of the Union.
Our next event/debate:
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 19:30 (Brussels time): "Languages and language learning in the EU" on the occasion of the European Day of Languages
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Contains the link to the various debates from May 2021 through to March 2022
Contains the link to the various debates from May 2021 through to March 2022
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May 2021
31
March 2022
Starting at
00:00 AM
Reference: cofe-MEET-2021-06-17062
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Allow me to disagree. I do not doubt that Latin is useful for areas of history and law, but not only. There is no need for much research to find in many languages, various traces, so it is in Latin where all the traces scattered across the various languages are gathered, which is why several scientific studies conclude that knowing previously Latin makes it easier to learn different languages. The European Union itself, in order to express institutional neutrality, chose to name a number of institutions, with Latin, but did not extend beyond that, so it is understood that Latin would be more neutral, want a maximum of neutrality and understanding, at least at European level, English, as was French, represents anything but this cultural neutrality by the European institutions, only reveals the prominence of the United States of America and the United Kingdom over the European Union.
For example, this platform is multilingual, and not knowing if your mother tongue is the one where you wrote your previous comment, I would regret that you did not. If you argue that, it must be English, because the US, Canada and Australia have it as official, then that’s the argument by force... it’s about linguistic and cultural subjugation... You, should have been learning some Mandarin, have gained a lot of influence in recent years... Latin would be of worldwide relevance, not exclusively European, romantic languages are not found exclusively in Europe, like English, whose substance is derived from Latin. The European Union does not want, nor should it have European, but global intervention, so I believe that Latin should accompany the EU, and its democratic expansion.
Petition 1848/2008 to the European Parliament for a common European education based on teaching common subjects in English; and complement them with the state, regional and Esperanto languages Common European education based on teaching common subjects in English; and complement them with state, regional and Esperanto languages
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