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DANUBIAN NATIONAL LANGUAGE REFERENDUM

Following a recent postwar census completed by the socialist unity party following the Danubian Civil War, it has come to the attention of many analysts that the Hungarian Language has now surpassed the current lingua franca, Austro-Bavarian German, as the most spoken language across the confederation with Hungarian Speakers (both native and secondary) now outnumbering those who speak German (both native and secondary). Following this revelation, a coalition consisting of delegates from Hungary, Banat and Croatia proposed a motion that would replace German with Hungarian as the acting lingua franca

In response, both the Austrian and Bohemian delegates protested this action as these nations maintain a high number of native German speakers. Meanwhile, President Emilie Stauffer and the Dalmatian delegate proposed a compromise in which the confederation would scrap the idea of a national lingua franca altogether and instead all delegates would be free to speak in their own language or any of their choosing, with the government employing translators to help interpret what is being said in such debates in real time, citing that modern technology is more than capable of handling such a task.

On the fourth day of debate, President Stauffer alongside the delegates involved in this conference signed their approval of a proposal which hold a nationwide referendum that would bring the issue to the people, allowing the population to decide which action the central committee should take.