Europe talks to itself in many languages. That's why English is vital to its democracy | Timothy Garton Ash

English is still the continent's most widely used language - and the Guardian's new digital Europe edition is a major addition to the Eurosphere "How can anyone govern a country with 246 different kinds of cheese?" Charles de Gaulle, the founding president of France's Fifth Republic, is said to have asked. As it prepares for European elections next year, the European Union faces an even bigger challenge: how to run a multinational democratic community with 24 official languages. And remember tha...