anglish
According to a survey published by Le Parisien newspaper yesterday, only three French Cabinet members — Dominique de Villepin, the Interior Minister, Jean-François Copé, the Government spokesman, and Claudie Haigneré, the European Affairs Minister — speak fluent English. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the Prime Minister, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the Finance Minister, are among those whose English is poor, the newspaper said. Several ministers have started lessons, including M Sarkozy, Michel Barnier, the Foreign Minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, the Defence Minister, Serge Lepeltier, the Ecology Minister and Xavier Bertrand, the Health Service Minister.
- posted by nicolas nova @ 8:56 AM