FILE PHOTO - Christine Graeff, Director general communications of the ECB (BCE) (L) speaks with European advisor Philippe Leglise-Costa at the Elysee Palace in Paris March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France's ambassador has walked out of talks with fellow EU envoys over a lack of French translation, in a new demonstration of Paris pushing to curb the dominance of English in post-Brexit Brussels.
"The ambassador left the room to show his disapproval," one EU diplomat said of Philippe Leglise-Costa's decision to quit a meeting on Wednesday on the EU budget after discovering that no interpretation facilities would be provided.
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