Sprechen Sie Deutsch?: Police learning foreign languages ahead of EU entry

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?: Police learning foreign languages ahead of EU entry Polish police are now learning foreign languages. Grazyna Piotrowska, spokeswoman for the police training center in Legionowo, explains the new phenomenon by the fact that police officiers, following EU accession, will be required to possess a basic command of at least one foreign language. According to Piotrowska, they prefer English or German, with interest in French trailing closely behind. Officers are so keen to learn that currently there is a waiting list lasting as long as several months to reserve a seat in a course. (Zycie, p. 7)