[Bayart]

>France too, because of the difficulty in guaranteeing English-language services.

As someone who's done English support in France, it sounds like preconceived notions that don't match reality. The tech industry is usually literate in English, even if the rest of the country can't give a care.

[vidarh]

My more recent visits to France my problem was rather that people would switch to English too fast for me to get to practice much French.

Very noticeable change vs the first time I visited in the early 90's.

[denton-scratch]

As a French-speaking brit who's been on a tech course in France, tech discourse in French is pretty challenging. Sure, most individual French techs speak very good English. But "ordinateurs", reseaux", "bases de donnees" - I should have got myself a decent tech French/English dictionary. Schoolboy French doesn't cut it in tech.

[alibarber]

I don't think that they're particularly concerned with finding tech talent who are able to converse in English. This (potential) move is about enjoying continued legal protections - and if they did have to engage with the legal system in order to defend these then they certainly would not be able to use English officially in the French legal system.