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dotancohentoday at 9:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why are the protesters in Berlin holding signs in English?


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mitxelatoday at 11:51 AM

Half of everyone in Germany can speak English. It's mandatory to learn in schools. In Berlin that percentage is even higher. So it's no obstacle. And they don't want to limit the visibility of the protest to only Germany.

Germany is one of the more native-language-enforcing countries in Europe. I've been to Slovenia and half of everything is actually written in English, unlike Germany or France where everything's written in the local language.

miohtamatoday at 9:41 AM

Because they want to have the eyes of global press on Germany

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