Editing Esperanto (section)

=== Politics ===
Esperanto has been placed in many proposed political situations. The most popular of these is the [[Europe–Democracy–Esperanto]], which aims to establish Esperanto as the [[official language]] of the [[European Union]]. In 2005, Swiss economist [[François Grin]] published a report at the request of the [[Haut conseil de l'éducation]] that found that the use of English as the [[lingua franca]] within the European Union costs billions annually and significantly benefits English-speaking countries financially. The report considered a scenario where Esperanto would be the lingua franca, and found that it would have many advantages, particularly economically speaking, as well as ideologically.<ref name="Grin Report">{{citation |last=Grin |first=François |author-link=François Grin|year=2005 |title=L'enseignement des langues étrangères comme politique publique |publisher=Haut Conseil de L'Évaluation de L'École |language=fr |url=https://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/var/storage/rapports-publics/054000678.pdf |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222173114/https://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/var/storage/rapports-publics/054000678.pdf |url-status=live }}.</ref>

[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] currents exist in the wider Esperanto world, mostly organized through the [[Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda]] founded by French theorist [[Eugène Lanti]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=[SAT - Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda]|url=http://satesperanto.org/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=satesperanto.org|archive-date=August 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820070649/http://www.satesperanto.org/-SAT-Kulturo-.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable Esperanto socialists include [[Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov|Nikolai Nekrasov]] and [[Vladimir Varankin]], both of whom were put to death in October 1938 during the [[Great Purge|Stalinist repressions]].<ref name="Hamodia">{{Cite web|title=Hopeful Anniversary {{!}} Hamodia Jewish and Israel News|url=https://hamodia.com/columns/hopeful-anniversary/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Hamodia|language=en|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121143854/https://hamodia.com/columns/hopeful-anniversary/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nekrasov was accused of being "an organizer and leader of a fascist, espionage, terrorist organization of Esperantists."<ref name="Hamodia"/>