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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
09
May 2021
31
March 2022
Starting at
00:00 AM
Reference: cofe-MEET-2021-06-17062
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Pedro. The EEC, plus some additional institutions, have the most benefits to all members.
Everything else you add, such as an extra language, makes integration of these 27 very diverse members more difficult. To my knowledge no-one speaks latin or esperanto.
If you are afraid of being subjugated, look at the Global Competitiveness Index.
You also see the an democratic expansion of the EU. In the EU France and Germany comprise 34 % of the population, with two leaders making the major decisions tete-a- tete. The majority of the Europeans are not represented. I think the EU is a Franco-German cooperation rapidly developing into an autocracy. With France isolating itself evermore in the World.
Henk, zo bezien lijkt er geen sprake van democratische expansie maar van democratische implosie.
Henk:
You just hit upon your main problem: Lack of knowledge. Obviously you have done nothing to update your state of information about Latin or Esperanto. The subject is too important to be so neglected.
Obviously the French and German leaders can act that way because other EU-members are letting it happen. Would they do so if Europe had a common language to offset the inequality? I find that worth testing.
Gerald Tucker
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