Comment by handelaar
"Fortunately", that country forced its language onto a number of others who remain in the EU, and one of them conveniently has English as its EU language because another country also speaks its actual primary language.
"Fortunately", that country forced its language onto a number of others who remain in the EU, and one of them conveniently has English as its EU language because another country also speaks its actual primary language.
I actually think that having English as the default language of the EU without England in the EU is kind of elegant, it side-steps the 'natural advantage' problem.