Yes, many German and French multi-national companies have English as the official language. If there is at least one non-local participant in a meeting, or on

Yes, many German and French multi-national companies have English as the official language. If there is at least one non-local participant in a meeting, or on an email list, then the discourse has to be popped up to English. This often happens when none of them are native English speakers, e.g. German & Spanish. There are specific English proficiency tests bound to levels of management - bad English, no promotion.