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Weekend: Is English or French under threat in France?

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Is English or French under threat in France?

04/06/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Is English or French under threat in France?

France pushes back on the anglicisation of French

France pushes back on the anglicisation of French.

French government officials and businesses are being told to stop using words widely employed in the world of gaming which have been borrowed from English.

Also, the governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, says Russian forces are 'destroying everything' in the key city of Severodonetsk, where both sides remain locked in a battle for control.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Aida Alami, a Moroccan journalist based in Rabat; and Emile Chabal, a historian specialising in twentieth century European politics and intellectual life who teaches at the University of Edinburgh.

(Image: The French flag above the skyline of the French capital with the Eiffel Tower, Credit: AP)

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