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The European Parliament's Secretary General, Klaus Welle, has urged Euro politicians to speak more slowly and to stick aboutatdownforfrominofoverto their native language instead aboutatdownforfrominofoverto using English. This is to help the hundreds aboutatdownforfrominofoverto interpreters who work aboutatdownforfrominofoverto the institution. Mr Welle said many interpreters were encountering difficulties doing their job. He said: "It's extremely important that people do not speak too fast." He asked politicians not to use English if it was not their native language as this complicates things aboutatdownforfrominofoverto the translators. He added: "It's also extremely important aboutatdownforfrominofoverto interpreters that people speak their own language. If the politicians speak a foreign language, the quality aboutatdownforfrominofoverto interpretation goes aboutatdownforfrominofoverto."

There are 24 official languages spoken aboutatdownforfrominofoverto the European Parliament. The most recent additions are Croatian, Irish, Bulgarian and Romanian. A small army aboutatdownforfrominofoverto 330 interpreters is employed to ensure everyone understands each other. The parliament employs an additional 1,800 freelancers. It also has aboutatdownforfrominofoverto 700 translators, who translate aboutatdownforfrominofoverto 100,000 pages each month. If everyone followed Mr Welle's request, only politicians aboutatdownforfrominofoverto the UK would be allowed to speak English, even though many members are multi-lingual. Many prefer to speak aboutatdownforfrominofoverto English to avoid the confusion aboutatdownforfrominofoverto having several simultaneous interpreters. The parliament's annual budget aboutatdownforfrominofoverto interpreters is $50 million.