In sweden you have a right to get service in finnish, jiddisch, romani chib, meänkieli and sami if you speak any of those languages, when interacting with authorities or some public service. Doesn't apply for private business here. We only have swedish as an official language.
In Malta and Cyprus, the two/three official languages are available for public services, though good luck finding a Turkish speaker in Cyprus. Any combination of the others is for private business use, plus Russian due to the large Russian community.
In the UK, I think Welsh is the closest we have to an official language, but only in Wales. Public services are available in English plus a host of foreign languages, typically English is used in private business.
Europe will never be united like that because of nationalism, this is the achilles heel of EU. No nation will give up it sovereignty so if EU dissolve the counties of Europe will do what they did for hundreds of years ... beat the crap out of each other.
Many are, many are not.
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I guess that comes from tryst, which is a romantic meeting, but not used very often nowadays. It seems to mean engaged/betrothed.
Bairn is the other one I thought some people might not get, it being Northern English/Scottish slang for a child.
That is supposed to be a different language to English
You think that because you are ignorant of the historical and cultural significance behind the reasoning for multiple official languages in various countries.
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Chances are a unified Europe would not lead down the same road as the US. The US is in it's current position due to it's fucked up implementation of FPTP. Most of (all of it maybe?) uses some form of proportional representation that would prevent thr two party "us vs them" political system that the US has.
I would expect a European Federation would be very similar to the original American federation. Difference is that it would probably be successful.
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Honestly, I wouldn't say it's impossible. The EU is already somewhere between a confederation and a federation. All it would take is the current system plus a unified military. Maybe adjust how MEPs are elected.
You already have a standard currency, free travel between member states, partially unified economic and labour laws.
Foreign policy would have to be migrated to EU control as well, not sure how that would fit into the current system.
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the austrian emporer heir franz ferdinand (the guy who`s assasination startet World War I) had written book over a United States of Great-Austria, where every nation has a own state with own government for interiours, but they stay united under one government for War, finance and infrastructure. (half the balkan, most of central and Easter Europe, Nothern Italy). Basically the Idea was to reform the Austrian Empire into a commonwealth of nations, with the United States as a role model. But the guy was murdered by some slavic nationalist guy, and after the war the empire broke loose. But in its idea it would have been pretty similar to what the EU is now, minus france and spain (and GB if u count them).