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Luxembourgish and Turkish, which have official status in Luxembourg and Cyprus, respectively, are the only two official languages of EU member states that are not official languages of the EU. In 2023, the Spanish government requested that its co-official languages Catalan, Basque, and Galician be added to the official languages of the EU.
The rules are laid down in Regulation No 1, which states that the institutions have 24 official and working languages. English remains an official EU language, despite the United Kingdom having left the EU. It remains an official and working language of the EU institutions as long as it is listed as such in Regulation No 1. English is also one ...
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official languages. The Council of Europe, with 47 members, publishes its official documents in English and French only, while NATO, with 29 members, uses mainly English, despite having two official languages. Use of official languages on European Commission websites
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languages, but not the full list of official languages of the EU or working languages of the institutions, which are determined by Regulation No 1 (s ee below). By virtue of Article 358 TFEU, Article 55 TEU applies also to the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. Furthermore, Articles 20 and 24 TFEU regulate the right of citizens to address
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Luxembourgish and Turkish, which have official status in Luxembourg and Cyprus, respectively, are the only two official languages of EU member states that are not official languages of the EU. In 2023, the Spanish government requested that its co-official languages Catalan, Basque, and Galician be added to the official languages of the EU.
May 12, 2018 · The European Union has 23 official languages. Three of these languages, English, German and French have a bigger status of “procedural” languages. It is important to note that although the union has 27 member states, only 23 languages are recognized. This is because some of the languages are common in some countries.
EU official languages are set out in a regulation, which is amended after each accession to add the new official languages. All official languages enjoy equal status. The 24 official languages make a total of 552 possible combinations, since each language can be translated into 23 others.
