![]() (Charlemagne, "The Globish-Speaking Union.Da kine travels across Hawaiian culture. An approximate version of English, with a limited vocabulary of just a few hundred words, would suffice." "Philippe Van Parijs, a professor at Louvain University, argues that European-level democracy does not require a homogenous culture, or ethnos a common political community, or demos, needs only a lingua franca. The answer to Europe’s democratic deficit, says Mr Van Parijs, is to accelerate the process so that English is not just the language of an elite but also the means for poorer Europeans to be heard. "Some detect a European form of global English ( globish): a patois with English physiognomy, cross-dressed with continental cadences and syntax, a train of EU institutional jargon and sequins of linguistic false friends (mostly French). Last year Germany’s president, Joachim Gauck, argued for an English-speaking Europe: national languages would be cherished for spirituality and poetry alongside 'a workable English for all of life’s situations and all age groups.' Interpreters sometimes feel they are speaking to themselves. The European Union conducts ever more business in English. The Eurovision song contest, won this month by an Austrian cross-dresser, is mostly English-speaking, even if the votes are translated into French. Europeans now overwhelmingly opt for English. "What language does Europe speak? France has lost its battle for French.
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