Chirac Likes French Better than English
President Chirac walked out of a presentation at an EU summit because the speaker was French, but was giving his talk in English.
When M Seillière, who is an English-educated steel baron, started a presentation to all 25 EU leaders, President Chirac interrupted to ask why he was speaking in English. M Seillière explained: “I’m going to speak in English because that is the language of business.”