Nitobe Centre for language democracy
Language questions
FAQ - Introduction
Here we list frequent and interesting questions. As you will see there are not yet answers to every question and some answers are quite short. If you would like to write an answer or propose a new question, please write to .
Language situations in the EU members
- What sorts of language situations are in the EU institutions?
- What language(s) does the Commission use during its sessions?
Language policy and language planning in the EU
- Who is responsible for EU language policy?
- What defines the language policy of the EU?
- Is the EU language policy good? If not, what is worth doing to improve it?
- How does the EU language policy influence EU citizens?
- Does there exist a language policy in the framework of universities in the EU?
- What does language planning mean?
- Who is responsible for language planning in the EU?
Translation and interpretation in the EU
- How high are the translation and interpretation costs in EU members?
- How many translators and interpreters work for the EU?
- How many A4-pages are produced every year due to translation in the EU?
- How does translation and interpretation work in the EU?
- How do members of the EU parliament experience translation and interpretation services?
Language education in the EU
- How much is spent yearly for language education in the EU?
- How much money does Britain make from teaching English?
- What are the results of language education in the EU?
- What is the Bologna process and how does it affect the language situation in the EU?
Other topics
- Which are the largest languages in the EU demographically and by number of speakers?
- Why exactly did English become the most powerful language internationally?
- Is the eurobarometer Europeans and languages reliable?
- What would be the result of changing surveys to read not "are you able to converse in English" but "are you able to win arguments in English?"
- Has Esperanto failed?
