Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
Mar 24th 2006 | 8:23 am
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Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
By Stephen Castle in Brussels
Published: 24 March 2006
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Published: 24 March 2006
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Mar 24th 2006 | 9:38 am
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By Stephen Castle in Brussels
Published: 24 March 2006
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Moreover, uninteresting politics.
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By Stephen Castle in Brussels
Published: 24 March 2006
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Already at the heart of a row over economic protectionism in Europe, M.
Chirac gave the EU's spring summit a combustible start, quitting the
opening session in protest at a perceived insult to the French
language.
M. Chirac walked out of the meeting as it was being addressed by
Ernest-Antoine Seillière, the president of the EU employers'
federation, Unice. M. Seillière had been invited to address all 25
heads of government on economic reform.
After a brief introduction in French, M. Seillière said he would speak
in English because it was the international business language. Without
saying a word, the French President left with the French foreign
minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy and finance minister, Thierry Breton.
He only returned when the president of the European Central Bank,
Jean-Claude Trichet, began speaking in French. Tony Blair and other
heads of government remained to hear M. Seillière urge EU leaders to
resist national protectionism to avoid a negative domino effect on the
single market.
Maria-Fernanda Fau, spokeswoman for Unice, said: "M. Seillière started
in French and then moved into English. He uses English because he
represents 20 million companies in 33 countries and this is the
language of business."
M. Chirac's walkout was greeted with embarrassment by diplomats, who
had hoped yesterday's summit would dispel the impression that economic
nationalism is on the rise in Europe.
Once the predominant language of the EU, French is waning in Brussels,
with English spoken more widely and used in many more EU documents. The
rise of English has been unstoppable since Sweden and Finland joined
the EU in 1995, followed by 10 more countries in 2004, most of them in
eastern Europe, where English is by far the most common second
language.
Though the French president speaks good English, and worked in the US
in his youth, he has fought hard to defend France's linguistic status.
M. Chirac has also criticised several aspects of English life
including, last year, its food.
Mar 24th 2006 | 10:41 pm
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Re: Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
eetinBelgië wrote:
> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
> Published: 24 March 2006
>
> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
> Published: 24 March 2006
>
> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
Mar 25th 2006 | 12:02 am
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"Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> eetinBelgië wrote:
>> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
>> Published: 24 March 2006
>> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
>> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of
>> pique
>> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
> Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
Never look at things on the surface. Was this a bargaining ploy to
affect the course of the meeting? The reports I've seen said that it
took the whining, blaming speaches out of the meeting and it wrapped
up quickly with its work done.
M. Chirac is said to be a very good English-speaker. IIRC he attended
Harvard Business School. There are also stories that he flipped
burgers at the Howard Johnson's on Memorial Drive. Since I ate at
that place a few times roughly in the same period, I wonder if he
flipped my burgers.
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> eetinBelgië wrote:
>> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
>> Published: 24 March 2006
>> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
>> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of
>> pique
>> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
> Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
Never look at things on the surface. Was this a bargaining ploy to
affect the course of the meeting? The reports I've seen said that it
took the whining, blaming speaches out of the meeting and it wrapped
up quickly with its work done.
M. Chirac is said to be a very good English-speaker. IIRC he attended
Harvard Business School. There are also stories that he flipped
burgers at the Howard Johnson's on Memorial Drive. Since I ate at
that place a few times roughly in the same period, I wonder if he
flipped my burgers.
Mar 25th 2006 | 1:10 am
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Re: Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
"Robert J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> eetinBelgië wrote:
>>> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
>>> Published: 24 March 2006
>>> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
>>> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
>>> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
>> Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
> Never look at things on the surface. Was this a bargaining ploy to affect
> the course of the meeting? The reports I've seen said that it took the
> whining, blaming speaches out of the meeting and it wrapped up quickly
> with its work done.
> M. Chirac is said to be a very good English-speaker. IIRC he attended
> Harvard Business School. There are also stories that he flipped burgers
> at the Howard Johnson's on Memorial Drive. Since I ate at that place a
> few times roughly in the same period, I wonder if he flipped my burgers.
Does IIRC mean IF I REALY CARED ? or maybe : Insolent intolerable rebellious
chirac
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> "Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> eetinBelgië wrote:
>>> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
>>> Published: 24 March 2006
>>> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
>>> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
>>> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
>> Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
> Never look at things on the surface. Was this a bargaining ploy to affect
> the course of the meeting? The reports I've seen said that it took the
> whining, blaming speaches out of the meeting and it wrapped up quickly
> with its work done.
> M. Chirac is said to be a very good English-speaker. IIRC he attended
> Harvard Business School. There are also stories that he flipped burgers
> at the Howard Johnson's on Memorial Drive. Since I ate at that place a
> few times roughly in the same period, I wonder if he flipped my burgers.
Does IIRC mean IF I REALY CARED ? or maybe : Insolent intolerable rebellious
chirac
Mar 25th 2006 | 3:16 am
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Re: Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:10:27 -0000, "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Robert J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> eetinBelgië wrote:
>>>> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
>>>> Published: 24 March 2006
>>>> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
>>>> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
>>>> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
>>> Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
>> Never look at things on the surface. Was this a bargaining ploy to affect
>> the course of the meeting? The reports I've seen said that it took the
>> whining, blaming speaches out of the meeting and it wrapped up quickly
>> with its work done.
>> M. Chirac is said to be a very good English-speaker. IIRC he attended
>> Harvard Business School. There are also stories that he flipped burgers
>> at the Howard Johnson's on Memorial Drive. Since I ate at that place a
>> few times roughly in the same period, I wonder if he flipped my burgers.
>Does IIRC mean IF I REALY CARED ? or maybe : Insolent intolerable rebellious
>chirac
Infrequent intercourse really costs.
>"Robert J Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "Mike O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> eetinBelgië wrote:
>>>> By Stephen Castle in Brussels
>>>> Published: 24 March 2006
>>>> Under mounting political pressure at home, the French President,
>>>> Jacques Chirac, yesterday stormed out of an EU summit in a fit of pique
>>>> over a fellow Frenchman's decision to speak in English.
>>> Must be galling being tied to a dead language!
>> Never look at things on the surface. Was this a bargaining ploy to affect
>> the course of the meeting? The reports I've seen said that it took the
>> whining, blaming speaches out of the meeting and it wrapped up quickly
>> with its work done.
>> M. Chirac is said to be a very good English-speaker. IIRC he attended
>> Harvard Business School. There are also stories that he flipped burgers
>> at the Howard Johnson's on Memorial Drive. Since I ate at that place a
>> few times roughly in the same period, I wonder if he flipped my burgers.
>Does IIRC mean IF I REALY CARED ? or maybe : Insolent intolerable rebellious
>chirac
Infrequent intercourse really costs.
Mar 25th 2006 | 5:41 am
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"> Infrequent intercourse really costs.
Isn't that: "Intercourse inevitably risks contamination"
Isn't that: "Intercourse inevitably risks contamination"
Mar 25th 2006 | 6:48 am
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> Here's the usual spam from that guy...Politics, not travel.
> Moreover, uninteresting politics.
> Useless spammer longing after his master spammer
Well it's not like you add anything especially stellar to this froup...
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> Here's the usual spam from that guy...Politics, not travel.
> Moreover, uninteresting politics.
> Useless spammer longing after his master spammer
Well it's not like you add anything especially stellar to this froup...
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Greg
Mar 25th 2006 | 7:17 am
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Re: Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
Nige <[email protected]> wrote:
> "> Infrequent intercourse really costs.
>
> Isn't that: "Intercourse inevitably risks contamination"
The Mixi-cleanliness thread is over there ----->
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> "> Infrequent intercourse really costs.
>
> Isn't that: "Intercourse inevitably risks contamination"
The Mixi-cleanliness thread is over there ----->
:)
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Mar 25th 2006 | 8:21 am
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Re: Outraged by English, Chirac storms out of summit
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:41:21 -0000, "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"> Infrequent intercourse really costs.
>Isn't that: "Intercourse inevitably risks contamination"
'Now when I pee it stings,
These foolish things remind me of you'.
>"> Infrequent intercourse really costs.
>Isn't that: "Intercourse inevitably risks contamination"
'Now when I pee it stings,
These foolish things remind me of you'.
