French legal and language experts on Tuesday (12 October) launched a campaign to establish the French language as "the legal language of Europe", according to Le Figaro.
A manifesto to this effect will be sent to the European Council and has been written by Maurice Druon, from the Academie francaise, Jean-Francois Burgelin, the procurer-general of the Supreme Court and the President of the bar, Jean-Marie Burguburu.
But the linguists and lawyers have also recruited other non-Fren...
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