Comment by petesergeant

Personally I worry about the Maltese/Irish supremacy that will arise as a result.

More seriously, I suspect that

> Since the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU in 2020, the government of France has encouraged greater use of French as a working language

will hasten the move to English in official proceedings. Almost 44% of the population understand it already, and it’s unclear why the teens of the EU who already speak near-perfect English would want to learn French other than for recreation.