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This is a non-story. There are three working languages of the EU: English, French and German. Everyone in Brussels will roll their eyes, use French for six mont
by moomin 5y ago
This is a non-story. There are three working languages of the EU: English, French and German. Everyone in Brussels will roll their eyes, use French for six months and then revert to English because it’s the one most people speak.
Would they have done this if Brexit hadn’t happened? Yes, they would. France has a chip on its shoulder about French being replaced as the world’s lingua franca, but stunts like this aren’t going to bring it back. Not even in Brussels.
- wrnr 5y agoYes this is political trolling, and should France get it way Hungary will counter troll and insist we adopt their language for 6 months next time around.
- bonzini 5y agoHungarian is not a working language.
- yorwba 5y ago> Not even in Brussels. Most people in Brussels already speak French... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francization_of_Brussels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francization_of_Brussels
- dariusj18 5y agoBrussels being an phrase often used to mean EU governmental officials and diplomats.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoMost of them live in Brussels and speak at least casual French.
- smcl 5y agoI am quite sure they do. But the point was that those EU institutions will revert to using English as their main working language as they have been before the French turn at presidency of the EU begins.
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- varajelle 5y agoYou can live in Brussels just fine without speaking French
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoYep, but this is more of an exception, still.
- Aissen 5y agoIndeed, it's mostly a non issue. There are so many translators working for EU institutions, that I don't see how it would change much.
- musicale 5y agoEnglish is the new Lingua Franca. ;-)