EU Language Legislation
The EU currently has 23 official languages. The basic principles underlying its language policy are that EU citizens should:
- be able to contribute to the building of the EU
- be informed about what the EU is doing in their name
- have access to EU law in a language they can understand.

The EU’s founding treaty states that EU citizens have the right to communicate with the EU institutions in the official language of their choice, and to receive a reply in the same language.

the possibility for EU citizens to participate in the building of the EU
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the possibility for EU citizens to modify EU law in their own language
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the possibility for EU citizens to gain information about current EU actions and practices
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Regulation No 1 of 1958
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EU constitution
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Go to the website EU Languages and Language policy
http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/
languages-of-europe/index_en.htm
Official language in Czech |
Official language in English |
Document title |
bulharština |
Bulgarian |
Официални езици на ЕС |
čeština |
Czech |
Úřední jazyky EU |
dánština |
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angličtina |
English |
Official EU languages |
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- recognize language codes which EU uses for the official
and working languages
- use these codes to quickly look up the translation of a term, phrase or even a whole article when there is a document translated into multiple languages.