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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by ahachete on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @05:34PM (#19677538)
Why not Spanish? (OK, I'm biased being Spanish, but that's not the point).

While it's "only" spoken natively by 40M+ people in the EU, it is spoken globally by more than 1B people. It's, arguably, easier to learn than French and definitely German. Very easy to learn for Italians, Portuguese and Romanians. And it's widely studied in most places. It would also be more "neutral" than picking either French or German.

(edited: minor corrections)

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Re:Estonia is a place for independent minds by iagooar on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @02:32AM (#19680255)
Yeah, Spanish could be it, too. Not so many speakers in the EU, but I agree that it's relatively easy to learn for most people and quite well known. Problem is, Spain would need to play a bigger role in the EU, these days it seems busier with itself and hardly ever gets involved in EU affairs (other than with the Gibraltar issue around Brexit - obviously ;).
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