Reportage van Francis Doornaert, Paulien Vandenheede en Marieke Decock
Beelden deels gemaakt door Reginald Van Severen en deels uit stock van het Europees Parlement
Muziek: "Background Music" van David Parsons
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"The price for both translation and interpretation, for the 23 official languages is 2.2 euros per citizen and per year. The languages do not cost more than the furniture and nobody asks how much costs the furniture of the Parliament. Everybody asks for the languages although, in a Parliament, language is the first tool"