MULTILINGUALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNITY (AND CHALLENGE) IN DIVERSITY
While being part of the European Union's commitment to preserve its linguistic and cultural diversity, the multilingualism of this supranational organization also poses some challenges due to the unprecedented number of the official languages recognized. After a quick historical overview on...
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| author | Mihaela Augustina DUMITRAȘCU |
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| description | While being part of the European Union's commitment to preserve its linguistic and cultural diversity, the
multilingualism of this supranational organization also poses some challenges due to the unprecedented number of the official
languages recognized.
After a quick historical overview on the evolution from 4 to 24 languages today, and a short comparison with other
international organizations' approach regarding the languages, we will present the current relevant legal provisions, after the
Treaty of Lisbon, regulating the linguistic regime of the EU, followed by an overview of the way the EU institutions (for
example, the Council, the European Parliament, the Commission, the European Court of Justice) use language in their
activities.
The purpose of this paper is to identify the right, pragmatic balance between, on one side, the need to give equal
legal status to all the Member States' official languages, as a manifestation of a general principle of equality between the EU
citizens, and, on the other side, the 'costs' of this linguistic pluralism, in terms of accuracy and uniformity of interpretation of
legal texts and case law, efficiency, time frame, transparency, financial costs, inevitable complications and difficulties.
We will also see how language could be seen and used as a bridge to unity within the EU, through communication
between individuals, between the EU institutions and EU citizens, within the EU institutions, rather than a barrier, while at
the same time aiming to also preserve an important element, namely the practical efficiency of the functioning of the European
process in its entire complexity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce06ba01906d4925a7b70978e1e84ba12025-01-02T15:32:47ZengNicolae Titulescu University Publishing HouseChallenges of the Knowledge Society2068-77962068-77962018-05-0112-507514MULTILINGUALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNITY (AND CHALLENGE) IN DIVERSITYMihaela Augustina DUMITRAȘCU0Lecturer PhD., Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (e-mail: mihaela-augustina.dumitrascu@drept.unibuc.ro)While being part of the European Union's commitment to preserve its linguistic and cultural diversity, the multilingualism of this supranational organization also poses some challenges due to the unprecedented number of the official languages recognized. After a quick historical overview on the evolution from 4 to 24 languages today, and a short comparison with other international organizations' approach regarding the languages, we will present the current relevant legal provisions, after the Treaty of Lisbon, regulating the linguistic regime of the EU, followed by an overview of the way the EU institutions (for example, the Council, the European Parliament, the Commission, the European Court of Justice) use language in their activities. The purpose of this paper is to identify the right, pragmatic balance between, on one side, the need to give equal legal status to all the Member States' official languages, as a manifestation of a general principle of equality between the EU citizens, and, on the other side, the 'costs' of this linguistic pluralism, in terms of accuracy and uniformity of interpretation of legal texts and case law, efficiency, time frame, transparency, financial costs, inevitable complications and difficulties. We will also see how language could be seen and used as a bridge to unity within the EU, through communication between individuals, between the EU institutions and EU citizens, within the EU institutions, rather than a barrier, while at the same time aiming to also preserve an important element, namely the practical efficiency of the functioning of the European process in its entire complexity.http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2018_articles/index.php?dir=3_public_law%2F&download=CKS_2018_public_law_017.pdflanguagediversitymultilingualismEU institutionsEU lawequality principle |
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| title | MULTILINGUALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNITY (AND CHALLENGE) IN DIVERSITY |
| title_full | MULTILINGUALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNITY (AND CHALLENGE) IN DIVERSITY |
| title_fullStr | MULTILINGUALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNITY (AND CHALLENGE) IN DIVERSITY |
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| title_short | MULTILINGUALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNITY (AND CHALLENGE) IN DIVERSITY |
| title_sort | multilingualism in the european union unity and challenge in diversity |
| topic | language diversity multilingualism EU institutions EU law equality principle |
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