European CommissionFeb 21

On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.

The EU is home to:
🌍 24 official languages
🎉 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million people

Multilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.

This diversity is our strength.

Show threaddocDFeb 21
@EUCommission and our weakness. Look how the EU still cannot agree on building a new fighter aircraft (Germany - France). National interests still rule instead of European unity.
Show threadGunChleocFeb 21
@docdanny @EUCommission National interest and letting people speak their own languages are not the same thing.
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@gunchleoc @EUCommission I was not referring at all to languages (even culture). I have no problems with that. Why would I otherwise speak 3 and learn a 4th European language. It's about co-operation (military and economically) in the EU and thinking bigger than just my own "National interest". E.g. economically: less national boundaries to regulations, 1 EU approval, etc. E.g. military: too much overlap, no unified command structure, competing systems, ... e.g. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/02/france-germanys-next-generation-fighter-project-is-dead-00768936
POLITICO Pro: France, Germany’s next-generation fighter project is ‘dead’

An official familiar with French President Emmanuel Macron’s thinking said a failure is more likely than a relaunch.

Feb 21 at 11:15amWeb