Linguistic Justice - University of Paris I - Webinar "The Language of the International Trial
The European Union's language regime is unique in the world. Referred to laconically in the Treaty of Rome (see Article 211 EEC, now 342 TFEU), it is the subject of the first Council Regulation (1/58) adopted on 15 April 1958. The text has not changed since then, except in the number of official and working languages it enshrines (originally four, now 24). The stability is only apparent, however, and is less a sign of real agreement on the practices followed than of the difficulty of agreeing on another system.