The European motto is "Unity in diversity" (Latin: "In varietate concordia"). It was first established through an unofficial process in 2000. It was selected from entries proposed by school pupils submitted to the website "www.devise-europe.org" [1], and then accepted by the President of the European Parliament, Nicole Fontaine. The motto is soon likely to be replaced by the slightly modified "United in diversity", which has been written into the draft Constitution for Europe and now appears on official EU websites. See "www.eurominority.org" [2] for the motto in many languages not listed below.

Curiously, the motto is essentially the same as the South African motto officially adopted in 27 April 2000: !ke e: /xarra //ke in /Xam, an extinct Khoisan language. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, translated as "Unity in Diversity", is also the national motto of Indonesia. It is also similar to E pluribus unum, one of the mottos of the United States of America.

In the official languages of member-states of the EU

• Czech - Jednotnost v různorodosti
• Danish - Forenet i mangfoldighed
• Dutch - Eenheid in verscheidenheid
• English - United in diversity
• Estonian - Ühtsus erinevuses
• Finnish - Erilaisuudessaan yhdistynyt
• French - Unis dans la diversité
• German - In Vielfalt geeint
• Greek - Ενότητα στην πολυµορφία
• Hungarian - Egység a sokféleségben
• Irish - Aontaithe in ilíocht
• Italian - Uniti nella diversità
• Latvian - Vienotība dažādībā
• Lithuanian - Vienybė įvairialypiškume
• Maltese - Maghqudin fid-diversità
• Polish - Jedność w różnorodności
• Portuguese - Unidade na diversidade
• Slovak - Jednota v rozdielnosti
• Slovene - Združeni v raznolikosti
• Spanish - Unidos en la diversidad
• Swedish - Förenat i mångfalden

In other languages used by EU citizens

• Basque - Aniztasunean bat eginik
• Catalan - Units en la diversitat
• Esperanto - Unuiĝinte en diverseco
• Galician - Unidos na diversidade
• Limburgish - Einheid in väölderheid
• Luxembourgian - Eenheet an der Verschiddenheet
• Scots - Ae mynd, monie kynd (Scotland and Ulster)
• Welsh - Yng glym mewn gwahaniaeth

In languages used in the candidate countries

• Bulgarian - Единни в многообразието
• Croatian - Ujedinjeni u različitosti
• Romanian - Unitate în diversitate
• Turkish - Çoklukta birlik

History

Usage

Trivia

Curiously, the motto is essentially the same as the South African motto officially adopted in 27 April 2000: !ke e: /xarra //ke in /Xam, an extinct Khoisan language. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, translated as "Unity in Diversity", is also the national motto of Indonesia. It is also similar to E pluribus unum, one of the mottos of the United States of America.

See also

• European Symbols
• European constitution

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