Sure, the Académie is influential, but this thread is in reply to a comment that claims that English words are banned in French which is demonstrably not true.

Sure, the Académie is influential, but this thread is in reply to a comment that claims that English words are banned in French which is demonstrably not true. French civil servants use English loanwords like week-end including in official publications, for example: https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/publication/quelle-contrepartie-salariale-pour-le-travail-le-soir-la-nuit-ou-le-week-end https://dares.travail-emploi.gouv.fr/publication/quelle-cont...