[lg policy] English will not be an official EU language after Brexit, says senior MEP

[Francis Hult]

Politico



English will not be an official EU language after Brexit, says senior MEP



Danuta Hübner, the head of the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO), warned Monday that English will not be one of the European Union’s official languages after Britain leaves the EU.

English is one of the EU’s 24 official languages because the U.K. identified it as its own official language, Hübner said. But as soon as Britain completes the process to leave the EU, English could lose its status.



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http://www.politico.eu/article/english-will-not-be-an-official-eu-language-after-brexit-senior-mep/
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