From EU --Lingua Franca: Chimera or Reality?

Interesting, the report will give you better idea of how EU is going to spend the money in translation. How many trees are going to be cut down and how much money are going to spend just in the meeting rooms getting translation across.

Starting from a historical perspective, the paper looks into the pros and cons of a lingua franca.

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/publications/studies/index_en.htm