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 Védrine 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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