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		trinix912 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn Don't you think same could be said about German and French? I still remember the time when passports from my (now EU) country used French instead of English, and when signs for tourists were in German. An English announcement wouldn't hurt but we don't have them on our trains here either.

umanwizard 10 days ago [–]

> Don't you think same could be said about German and French?

That they’re the de facto languages of the EU? No, this is just factually not true. The vast majority of EU citizens speak no German at all.

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