In light of Germany's ongoing worker shortage, the liberal Free Democrats want to make English skills mandatory for people working in public offices like the jobcentre or Bürgeramt. "We as the FDP ...

English may be the European Union’s lingua franca, but listen carefully in the corridors of power and you’ll find the language of Goethe and Schiller is on the rise. German is gaining ground among the ...

Politician from governing FDP says skilled foreign workers are being put off by unwieldy bureaucratic German English should become a second official language at administrative offices in Germany, one ...

Here’s a great idea that unfortunately won’t become reality any time soon: Germany should recognise English as a second official language. So should most countries, in fact. The idea popped up this ...