In today's globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages … even non-migrants must often learn other languages if their work involves communicating with foreigners. Economic studies …

In today's globalized world, people are increasingly mobile and often need to communicate across different languages … even non-migrants must often learn other languages if their work involves communicating with foreigners. Economic studies …

We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced … retention of French and German as working languages in essential to avoid a too large degree of disenfranchisement of citizens …