Jean Claude Juncker - pay attention you french twit - eurovision

The EU themselves did a languages report in 2012.  It's available online.  They found that 38% of EU citizens could speak English as a 2nd language whilst just 12% could manage in French.  As someone with an interest in languages I have found it irritating that foreigners tend to have a very good or excellent command of English.  I've had to pretend I'm Hungarian or similar in order to stop them replying in English.  Like it or not, English is (well known as) a lingua franca and Juncker came across as childish.

English is the global language of business, science, diplomacy, the media/entertainment - you name it. No way of getting away from that. Juncker even announced it in English before switching. That meme is dominant and unlikely to fail. When we're gone from the EU it will still be the main language.  Nice.

Is it not ironic then that this years winning song was sung in Portuguese ...

Just sayin'...

It'll be forgotten in, at a guess 5 days maybe..

I suspect the illuminati wish to shaft Portugal(and have taken positions accordingly) - having them host Eurovision will surely sink the economy.

Often wondered about this when ' no so rich ' countries win the Eurovision contest. Is it a poisoned chalice ?
Does the country receive some kind of grant to subsidise the cost of hosting such an event. ?
I can't see big revenues being generated within the country as a result of them wining !

does anyone know why it costs anything to host the Eurovision?

Let them speak French, and leave us alone .

sixty percent of english is french words (normans)

origin - origine
dinner - dîner
magnificent - magnifique....

Menu
Apéritif
Café
picnic
Salade
Soupe
Omelette
Bon appétit
Hors d’oeuvre
Vinaigrette
Restaurant
Alcool
Chef

the normans brought in latin as the root language.

They weren't French, they were Germans.

Who the Normans ?

no wonder we get fat !!!

yes the normans were Germans, and Vikings

Even today a large percentage of English people living in the south of England have mainly German dna

Without English there would be very few songs, and almost no poetry.
That's all you need to know.

clearly we are doomed

Utter scum. Music juries accounting for half the votes is a vile system when a 100% public voting system is available. This is as condescending as the Remain campaign implying that experts knew what was best.
Disgusted too by the BBC, who think government should decide how we are entertained, deciding to broadcast this patronising garbage which excluded a Russian contestant because she wasn't eligible for a visa to Ukraine.

that right bongo get a dig in about the BBC you sad ****.

My sure name is a Norman name, it's quite rare although quite a few in the Sussex area, back in the day if I had to get on my toes I put it down to my French ancestry coming out......."...now I find its German

Point of order. Juncker is Luxembourgish.

No GoOnThen he's total cun tish

Aye. That too.