EU Turning The Screws

[kaiser78]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3859198/Mais-non-EU-s-Brexit-chief-risks-fury-signalling-wants-carry-negotiations-FRENCH.html

[scooterscot]

French or Deutsch only once the UK leaves, no need for English anymore. As the UK is leaving the EU should negotiate with the leaving nation in the block's chosen language.

So yeah, better get some French speaking consultants in. Tony Blair! Where are you?

[Paddy]

French or Deutsch only once the UK leaves, no need for English anymore. As the UK is leaving the EU should negotiate with the leaving nation in the block's chosen language.

So yeah, better get some French speaking consultants in. Tony Blair! Where are you?

Ireland
Belgium
Cyprus
Malta

All English

[SueEllen]

Ireland
Belgium
Cyprus
Malta

All English

Belgium is Flemish and French.

[SueEllen]

French or Deutsch only once the UK leaves, no need for English anymore. As the UK is leaving the EU should negotiate with the leaving nation in the block's chosen language.

So yeah, better get some French speaking consultants in. Tony Blair! Where are you?

You mean Nick Clegg...

[Paddy]

Belgium is Flemish and French.

I thought some clever-clogs would point that out however having worked in Belgium for three years I discovered the French won’t talk Flemish and the Flemish won’t talk in French therefore they speak English as a compromise.

[Antman]

I thought some clever-clogs would point that out however having worked in Belgium for three years I discovered the French won’t talk Flemish and the Flemish won’t talk in French therefore they speak English as a compromise.

Yep, when I was at Belgacom, the official there was English.

[SueEllen]

I thought some clever-clogs would point that out however having worked in Belgium for three years I discovered the French won’t talk Flemish and the Flemish won’t talk in French therefore they speak English as a compromise.

Yeah I know but it's not an official language.

They also speak English in lots of other EU nations especially those with small populations so they can communicate with foreigners particularly wealthy tourists and do business.

Anyway we are lucky the language they choose wasn't German. Everyone I know who speaks fluent German as another language has no problem getting a job even if their other skills for that role aren't that great.

[Paddy]

Yeah I know but it's not an official language.

They also speak English in lots of other EU nations especially those with small populations so they can communicate with foreigners particularly wealthy tourists and do business.

Anyway we are lucky the language they choose wasn't German. Everyone I know who speaks fluent German as another language has no problem getting a job even if their other skills for that role aren't that great.

German is one of three offical languages in Belguim

[SueEllen]

German is one of three offical languages in Belguim

Yeah and more people speak English than German in Belgium, but if a country doesn't give minority groups language rights they end up with a civil war.