A European Commissioner for multilingualism

Brussels correspondent Radek Honzak wonders why the Romanian Leonard Orban has been nominated as Romania's official candidate for a post on the European Commission in which his responsibilities would extend to the Commission's multilingualism portfolio. "This idea is further proof of the fact that the EU has a communication problem: the average European no longer understands Brussels, therefore the European Commission has set itself the goal of improving communication 'at a local level and in the language of the region in question'. As the new Romanian commissioner, Orban will therefore form part of a special group whose aim is to improve communication with the citizens of the EU... Perhaps Orban is the right choice for soothing the Western Europeans' fears of the poor inhabitants of post-communist Europe. As a representative of Romania, to whose citizens most of the current EU member states are closing their doors, this would be very much in his own interest."

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