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French MPs say ‘non’ to English at the Paris Olympics

The modern Olympics were created by a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin. © Ludovic Marin, AFP / file

Having long battled the creeping use of English in advertising, music and film, French MPs have declared a new struggle: keeping their home Olympics this year free from anglicisms.

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the lower house of parliament urged organisers of the 2024 Paris Games, as well as athletes, trainers and journalists to use French as much as possible.

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