Brussels, 05/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - In response to a question by MEP Christopher Huhne (ELDR, United Kingdom), the Commission explained that with ten new Member States and nine new Community languages, additional costs for translation and interpreting would rise to EUR 235 million as from 2006.
While pointing out that enlargement would almost double the number of official languages, Mr Huhne indicated in a press release that, "In theory, the costs of interpretation and translation...