Working at the UN now, and Bokova still seems likely. The French will still veto anyone who doesn't speak the language. Ban seems to have tricked them on this.
On Monday they had a debate.
Please tell me there's a completely justified rationale for this.
It
is the second international language, as in the second most translated to and from, for all intents and purposes. It is also one of the very few "bridge-languages" for translations, which allow to indirectly translate most of the world's idioms (with English and Russian, mainly). And quite a number of international organizations have their seat in France or French-speaking regions. So it is not
that far-fetched, actually.
