WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -English remains an official EU language, despite the United Kingdom having left the EU. It remains an official and working language of the EU institutions as long as it is listed as such in Regulation No 1. English is also one of Ireland’s and Malta’s official languages.

Detailed explanation-2: -The European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – have the higher status of “procedural” languages of the European Commission (whereas the European Parliament accepts all official languages as working languages).

Detailed explanation-3: -The English language is the de facto official language of England, the sole official language of Gibraltar and of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and one of the official languages of the Republic of Ireland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and the European Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the EU was the EC (European Community), Dutch, French, German and Italian were identified as the working languages. However, as time went on and more countries joined, many of which had English as their second or widely used language, the number of English speakers grew until English became the common language.

Detailed explanation-5: -The European Union is a group of 27 countries in Europe.