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3、r(forUSA:www.copyright.com).Pleasecontactrights@benjamins.nlorconsultourwebsite:www.benjamins.comTablesofContents,abstractsandguidelinesareavailableatwww.benjamins.comLanguagepolicyintheEuropeanUnionEuropean/English/Elite/Equal/EsperantoUnion?*PiaVantingChristiansenRoskilde

4、UniversityThisarticleanalysessomeofthepotentiallanguagepolicyscenariosinademocratic,integratedEuropeanUnion.Itexamineshowafunctionalmul-tilingual,democratic,ecologicallanguagepolicyintheEuropeanParliamentmayensureequalparticipationin,andbenefitfrom,democraticprocessesforboth

5、majorityandminoritylanguagecommunities.Howmultilingual-ismismanagedandlanguagepolicyisformedwillbecrucialincreatingtheidentityofafutureEuropeanUnion,whichtheauthordiscussesthroughareinterpretationofwhattheEUmightstandfor;summarisedinthenotionsofanEnglishUnion,anEliteUnion,a

6、nEqualUnionoranEsperantoUnion.Languagepolicyissuesareespeciallyimportantwithregardtoeducation,asmultilingualeducationcouldbeviewedasademocratictoolsafeguard-ingactivecitizenparticipationinanintergovernmentalforumsuchastheEU.Basedonathree-languagemodelitispossibletosustainas

7、ecureethnicidentityoridentitiesviateachingthroughthemothertongue(s),aswellasbyacquiringatleastonelinguafrancaandadditionallanguagesthroughcarefullyplannedandwell-organisedmultilingualeducation.Thearticlecon-cludes,inthelongterm,thattheoptimallanguagepolicyalternativewouldbe

8、oneemployingaplannedlanguage(suchasEsperanto)aslinguafranca,asarelaylanguageandasa