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...Arguing that French "reduced the risks of differing interpretations" in a way no other language could, the manifesto - authored by Académie Française member Maurice Druon, Paris Bar Association president Jean-Marie Burguburu and the state prosecutor of France's highest court, Jean-François Burgelin - calls for "all texts of legal or normative nature engaging the members of the Union" to be written in French. "This is built on a Napoleonic-era pretension that French is somehow more airtight than other languages," sighs Jacques Bille, a professor of business communication at the Sorbonne...
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