Since its standardization, understood as it being acknowledged as a valid language, the “imposition” of English started. This issue deals with this gradual establishment by considering the creation of grammars and dictionaries for the instruction of native and non-native speakers, the development of a scientific English writing and the early and more recent displacement of other vernaculars, to conclude with the EU failure to o enhance multilingualism advocating countries to prioritize the teaching and use of English over other “minor” languages.