Das europäische Integrationskonzeptvor dem Hintergrund der Sprach- und Sprachenfrage

The present paper focuses on the European Union multilingualism in the context of the communicative effectiveness intended by the governments of EU Member States and their communities. The author claims that this communicative effectiveness is of key importance with regard to the function and comprehensibility of languages which are important for the quality of life of every modern community, i.e. the specialist languages.