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The European relatiionship with the English language is a wild experience. I am looking at jobs in Northern Finland looking for wait staff, sled handlers and hospitality jobs looking for C2 (lawyer/interpeter level) English. That is absolutely bonkers and excludes even the traditionally good English speakers in the Netherlands and Nordics. #ELA #europeanunion C2 is also pointless for the majority of learners
Adam Trickett :debian: :kde: · 4w
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Adam Trickett :debian: :kde: · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqarg97rd2xkmv2pdv5rf65hphxz3qn6jm79tanf8azu0rng9eltuq25gmuw is that more or less than France or the UK? Which are my reference points. I find cycle provision poor in the UK and marginally better in France. In Brittany where I live drivers aren't...
Human after all · 4w
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- The British Council works in all 27 EU countries with no legal right to do so and no Article 27 GDPR representative in the EU.

- European Union Ombudsman told me there is no way to stop British companies from sending tourists to work in Austrian schools without any police checks, no right to work and no tax paid. No GDPR rights for EU citizens

IELTS, done by millions of EU students to get into EU universities is administered in the UK with again, no article 27 representative in the EU.