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From: philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: Languages in the EC
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In article <donhD3Huwr.M3r@netcom.com> donh@netcom.com "Don HARLOW" writes:
> Could you provide a reference for this documented fact? I had never 
> before heard of it! As a matter of fact, I had never heard of the 
> question of a single official language being seriously discussed 
> (in the sense of, with the intent of implementing one) at the EU/EEC -- 
> such a change in policy would be in direct violation of the Treaty of 
> Rome, on which the whole organization is based.

The Treaty of Rome is not cast in stone. The EU is modified from time
to time. Eg qualified majority voting, Maastricht, etc.

-- 
Phil Hunt...philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk
Majority rule for Britain!
