À lire, car c’est vraiment très amusant : un article du Times (en anglais), brillament résumé dans la newsletter du monde.fr par :

A Bruxelles, la colère de Jacques Chirac: entendre M. Seillière parler anglais en réunion l’a fait sortir de ses gonds.

Petit extrait :

When M Seillière (…) 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.” Without saying another word, President Chirac (…) walked out, followed by his Foreign, Finance and Europe ministers (…). They returned only after M Seilière had finished speaking. The meeting was furnished with full interpretation services, and anyone in the room could speak or listen in any of the 20 official EU languages. Embarrassed French diplomats tried to explain away the walk-out, saying that their ministers all needed a toilet break at the same time.

J’adore la diplomatie