For many years French was the dominating language in the corridors of the EU.
No British diplomat was appointed for a job in Brussels without French language skills, due to an informal agreement between the French president Georges Pompidou and the British Prime Minister Edward Heath when the UK entered the EU in 1973.
However, with the accession of Sweden, Austria and Finland in 1995, the first group of non-F...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.