Paris bankrolls French lessons for new Commissioners

Paris is forking out for the EU’s 10 new Commissioners to diet on French language and culture for a week in an attempt to fatten up the country’s cultural clout in the enlarged EU.

The 10 new Commissioners from the enlarged EU are to be ‘treated’ to a week's intensive schooling at the Château de Correnson Millefeuille, near Avignon to make them more familiar with the language of Molière.

The 10 will be invite...