Europe "sliding towards widespread use of English"</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Europe "sliding towards widespread use of English""> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Europe,"sliding,towards,widespread,use,of,English""> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">15-05-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Europe "sliding towards widespread use of English"</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_T0i1yC8iZ167uGkk4Pcu_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Brussels, Belgium (EurActiv): This slide is triggered by an "uneven, uniform globalisation" which does not much care for cultural and linguistic diversity, argues Diouf, pointing to the tendency of the business world to move towards "linguistic uniformity and increasingly widespread use of English". But if the European project is to continue to attract the support of its citizens, then their languages and cultures must be represented as "language and democracy are inextricably linked," he says. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/interview-multilingualism-weakening-eu-institutions/article-172361 " target="blank">www.euractiv.com/en/culture/interview-multilingualism-weakening-eu-institutions/article-172361 </a> <br> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show