Estonian ministers in appearances in European Parliament were rather embarrassing because of lack of English skills, according to philologist Tuuli Oder . “The use of language of a minister, especially talking about the European presidency and all that, would ideally be at the C2 level, close to that of an educated native speaker. Not a great…
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Juncker versus Shakespeare
The EU-UK relations hit new low when the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker launched assault on language of Shakespeare, declaring he preferred to give a speech in French because English was becoming less paramount. “Slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe,” Juncker told a conference in the Italian city of Florence, drawing laughter and…
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