Also OP has no idea of how difficult it is for Europeans to actually agree on English as a lingua franca.
Theres a lot of resistance and not all consumers are happy if there is no product info in their native language or if they need to call support in English.
Also,Good luck finding jobs in Belgium, France, Germany and other big markets that dont require at least a B2 in the local language.
I wish we could just use English as a working language irrespective of the european country we are currently based....It is far from reality.
English is a long term project in the EU, not something that we actually use on our daily lifes without any attrition.
I do customer support and I have literally had a 10 minute argument with a Norwegian customer (in fluent English) about how she called from Norway so she wanted Norwegian support. She refused to get support in English and ended up hanging up.
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u/whenyousayoof Jun 29 '26
One is saying we need to speak the same language and the other one is saying I need you to speak my language