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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.

To counteract the shortage of worker personnel, Germany needs 1.5 million immigrants a year, claims German economist Monika Schnitzer, who heads the influential German government’s Council of Experts. (Article by John Cody republished from RMX.news) She also asserts that skilled workers don’t necessarily have to know German. Instead, it is more important that employees at Germany’s government […]

Germany has 2 million jobs to fill. Now it is reforming its immigration laws to offer streamlined visa processes and new opportunities for qualified foreign workers.

Germany has two million jobs to fill. Now it is reforming its immigration laws to help close the gap, and may bring in, and keep, foreign talent.

From the column: "Helping all workers live a good life benefits us all. ... Workers’ rights are a matter not only of economic fairness but of honoring our basic human dignity."