> There isn't even a english speaking country in the EU anymore, and you say english is the defacto langauge of Europe?
Hrmmm. What language do you think people who work in the EU government use when communicating with each other? Here's a hint, it's not Portuguese, Finnish, Dutch, French or Italian.
It's definitely not German (a few historical reasons for that...).
The term lingua franca means "bridge language." That's what English is in the EU.
> ...The future is sign language I suppose.
Or, Europeans can continue doing what they already do when conducting business or dealing with tourists, which is...speak English when dealing with people from other countries.
Yeah, Euro English is a thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_English
but doing bureaucracy in it on the local level isn't easy, mainly because legalese is often untranslatable
Hrmmm. What language do you think people who work in the EU government use when communicating with each other? Here's a hint, it's not Portuguese, Finnish, Dutch, French or Italian.
It's definitely not German (a few historical reasons for that...).
The term lingua franca means "bridge language." That's what English is in the EU.
> ...The future is sign language I suppose.
Or, Europeans can continue doing what they already do when conducting business or dealing with tourists, which is...speak English when dealing with people from other countries.