Will not happen. Many EU parlamentarians speak English more often than their own language on the floor. English is essential for the EU to function; German or F

Will not happen. Many EU parlamentarians speak English more often than their own language on the floor. English is essential for the EU to function; German or French could not fill that role. It could be easily solved by having one of the "spare" countries that only have languages that are also an official language in another country choose English. Candidates would be Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, and several others.