Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-24-Speech-2-295"
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"en.20090324.26.2-295"2
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"The European Union spends colossal sums of taxpayers’ money every year in the name of multilingualism. For an organization that seeks to erode the differences between nations and peoples, the EU attaches a great deal of importance to linguistic nationalism. One such example of this is the concession to Irish nationalists of making Gaelic one of the official languages of the EU.
The costs and bureaucracy associated with the misguided policy of multilingualism will only increase as the EU expands further. My constituents are rightly concerned about what they see as the indiscriminate use of public money to satisfy a policy that has little practical use beyond political window-dressing.
Despite the fact that English has become the common language in the European Parliament, I would hesitate to make it the single working language. Given the EU’s enthusiasm for harmonization, I believe that a common language is a natural step on the road to a federal superstate. I therefore believe that we should have a handful of working languages. If the UN can manage with six languages for 200 or so member states, I’m sure the EU can cut back too."@en1
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