Why do languages divide the European Union?
It would not really be true to say that they divide the European Union. There are now 27 countries in the European Union, so there are a lot of languages. Much of the business of the European Union is done through French and English, but all languages are used. Some countries have different languages within them and languages spoken by minorities, but even some of the smaller languages have official recognition even though there are not many people speaking them in those countries.