How English became the main euro-speak

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Series Details 17.8.01, p5
Publication Date 17/08/2001
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Article considers a dispute over the increasing use of English within the European Commission. The French foreign minister, Hubert VĂ©drine and his German counterpart, Joschka Fischer, have both complained to the Commission about creeping 'monolingualism', provoked by moves to reduce spiralling translation costs.

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