New Official Language of the European Union

[Breukelen advocaat]

Hahaha, brilliant post Breukelen advocaat. But did they really accept English as the official language?

I don't think so! :dance:

Here's the real story:

http://europa.eu/languages/en/document/59

1. How many languages does the European Union work in?
The European Union has 20 official languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish. It has also been decided to give Irish the status of an official language of the EU, with effect from 1 January 2007.

More about the languages and the European Union:

http://www.answers.com/topic/languag...european-union

Official languages of the European Union
The official languages of the European Union, as stipulated in EEC Council: Regulation No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community of 1958-04-15 (as amended) [4], are


Official languages of the European Union

The official languages of the European Union, as stipulated in EEC Council: Regulation No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community of 1958-04-15 (as amended) [4], are
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Maltese
Polish
Portuguese
Slovak
Slovene
Spanish
Swedish

Starting on January 1, 2007, the following languages will also become official:

Bulgarian
Irish
Romanian