In a diplomatic context, using a non-native language is an asset, not a handicap. Negotiations conducted in a non-native language display more rationality and are facilitated by greater empathy. But can this be extrapolated to European politics? In The Language(s) of Politics. Multilingual policy-making in the European Union (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2022), University of Wisconsin political scientist Nils Ringe presents the results of several years of research on the linguistic dimension of EU-level politics. What are his main findings?
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