I remember this great debate in Brussels where it was decided against using english as the common political language in the European Union, and use this mess of

I remember this great debate in Brussels where it was decided against using english as the common political language in the European Union, and use this mess of translators, to avoid giving an unfair advantage to the UK/EIRE who would argue in their native language on political matters. In the end it turned out probably right since the UK grew to hate Europe, they would probably have used any extra power to weaken it from inside.