There were many lingua francas of which French was supposedly the first global lingua franca. That changed and it became English (from what I understand). We will probably see another language become the lingua franca, so my question is: should it be English? Are there better candidates out there? Why / why not?
German would be nice.
As long as nobody is forced to learn it with a tank pointed at their house.
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Nah, that would take the last bit of joy out of the German political system’s misuse of the EU commission as a toxic waste dump for politicians who have become too bad for domestic use.