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by johannes1234321 1309 days ago
> within the EU we definetely need a right to deal with all legal matters in english

German is by far the most common native language in the EU. (Germany, Austria, parts of Italy, Belgium, Denmark, ...) whereas English as native language is a small thing since Brexit with only Ireland and Malta.

But that aside: Translating legal texts with all details and traditional interpretation and adaptions by court rulings is a complicated thing. There can be a lot of nuance in each detail. And also once you do that you have to allow proceedings in English for the complete chain. From the clerk in the government office to the constitutional court.

But I think Germany would be somewhat open to that, but others, like France? Hard time to imagine them accepting anything but French.