The EU has the Latin motto „In varietate concordia“ (United in diversity) and as much as I like it in this particular case I think Latin kinda brings a weird crusader vibe. English is the common tongue. I think it's a huge achievement that a large majority of us are able to seamlessly communicate and I see no reason not to emphasize that whenever there's a chance to. Also I doubt there's a more concise motto than "buy European" to get the point across. Doesn't hurt to weave in an "elbows up" here and there in solidarity with our remaining allies across the pond but other than that I reckon we're set.
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Just EU it
but the majority of European languages are fully or partially derivate from Latin
Just a remark: how many Europeans do speak enough Latin to be able to understand a motto versus how many do speak enough English to be able to understand a motto?
Agreed, also the assertion that most are Latin derived seems questionable. I count Portugal, Spain France Belgium (part), Italy, Romania, Luxembourg (French partial) Switzerland (part & not EU) . Ireland (part & saying English is Latin derived is really stretching it)
Non Latin (Germanic / Slavic) is Belgium, Lux (Lux lang), Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway (not EU) Finland, Estonia, Latvia Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland (part), Croatia, Montenegro, N.Macedonia, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Ireland (part)
Did I forget anyone ?
That gives 9 Latin derived, 24 not Latin (noting double count of partial and including 2 large technically non EU)
Left out the 3 non EU micro nations of Andorra, Monaco & Lichtenstein but even if included it's 1/3 latin, 2/3rds non Latin by count. Probably the same by population but I can't be arsed to look it up
(Also ignored the UK for obvious reasons)
Fuck Trump
Stay strong and united! I agree that many more people know English than Latin.
MEGA - Make Europe Great Again lol
I prefer the "Make Elon Go Away" version. :)
Unless it’s really catchy and easy, Latin won’t catch on I’m afraid. I’d say something simple: together we fly or unified we are.
How about something in Esperanto?
It was created by L. L. Zamenhof, a jewish ophthalmologist from Białystok, then part of the Russian Empire, but now part of Poland (as per Wikipedia) => european language.
Esperanto's vocabulary, syntax and semantics derive predominantly from languages of the Indo-European group. A substantial majority of its vocabulary (approximately 80%) derives from Romance languages, but it also contains elements derived from Germanic, Greek, and Slavic languages (as per Wikipedia) => at least not a 100% romance or germanic or slavic or ... language.
It would at least take away some portion of favouritism because it's not a language from any european country (like English or French), it would be equally not understandable for all of us because it's not being officially taught in schools (is it?) and again no favouritism like it would be the case for Latin (not everyone had it in school).
Or we could dare find a motto (or translate OP's motto) in PIE, but I'm not a linguist, only a lingthusiast.
ergo bibamus