Michael Weigel News Today

From courts to classrooms to politics, Germany is embracing the English language. It's a bid to make the country more attractive globally, but the linguistic jump comes at a price.

Then Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle made headlines for rebuffing a BBC reporters request to answer a question in English.

From courts to classrooms to politics, Germany is embracing the English language. It's a bid to make the country more attractive globally, but the linguistic jump comes at a price.

It might not look it outside, but it is summer—a time of rest and relaxation, maybe picking up a summer job. School is a million miles away.