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German 'should be a working language of EU', says Merkel's party

German should be an official language of the European Union along with English and French, according to the draft election manifesto of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat Union party.

A sign in  English, German and French

The inferior status of German is a long-standing grievance for Berlin, which points out that it has over 100 million speakers, including German-speaking minorities in Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Poland Photo: ALAMY

The Telegraph, By , Berlin, 18 Jun 2013

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