Subscribe to RSS feedBrussels says no to English as lingua franca
A PROPOSAL to establish English as the sole working language within the European Union maritime industry has run into resistance from national governments and has in one case been branded simply “not acceptable”.
While admitting that the EU’s multitude of languages can be “an obstacle to the development of coastal shipping”, governments are unwilling to state that English should replace them, a document shows.
A related push by the European parliament to reduce...
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