Linguistic justice in the European Union

What is it about?

This article compares the effectiveness and the fairness of four alternative policies aimed at managing multilingual communication in the European Union. The current full multilingual policy of the European Union based on translation and interpreting not only is (and will be for the foreseeable future) the most effective language policy among the alternatives examined; it is also the only one that is truly inclusive at a relatively reasonable cost.

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Why is it important?

Results show that economically and socially disadvantaged individuals are less likely to speak languages other than their own native tongue, and therefore they are much more likely to be adversely affected if the European Union stops using their language

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