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Volume 27, Issue 10
1 October 1985
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Review Article| October 01 1985

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Ian Butcher
Ian Butcher
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6127
Print ISSN: 0040-0912
© MCB UP Limited
1985
Education + Training (1985) 27 (10): 315–320.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017208

Walking the corridors of the institutions of the EEC can be a multi‐lingual experience. When buying a newspaper or meeting someone for the first time in the Brussels headquarters, French tends to be the preferred working language. When a Dane speaks to a Dutchman, they will probably use English; but when a Spaniard greets a Greek what lingua franca will they decide upon?

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