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After Brexit, why would the working language of a European military be English? Are the Irish that influential?
by Merrill 7y ago
After Brexit, why would the working language of a European military be English? Are the Irish that influential?
- peteretep 7y agoBecause American and Canadian allies aren’t going to learn Dutch, and almost everyone in the officer class has a working comprehension of English already. I could — at a huge push — believe in Spanish, maybe, kinda, almost. France and Germany won’t let the other win it.
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- makomk 7y agoThe de facto working language of the EU is English, not because of the UK but because it's the one language that plenty of people in every country across the EU speak as at least a second language. If anything this is probably due to the US being so influential.
- majewsky 7y agoAlso, using everyone's second language is going to be less controversial than picking either German or French.