I've had a similar idea for some time now, albeit without the unnecessary focus on American English: With the UK probably - and very unfortunately - leaving the

I've had a similar idea for some time now, albeit without the unnecessary focus on American English: With the UK probably - and very unfortunately - leaving the EU the latter could adopt English as its main language without any unfair advantage to one of the larger EU countries or hurting national sentiment. I'd even go as far as to propose adopting English as the main language for legal matters, public administration, business and education in each of the EU member countries. The language barrier is the predominant obstacle preventing a closer integration between EU countries and collaboration between businesses across borders. A single, unified language over time could remedy that problem.