"If I am well informed, everybody here is allowed to speak his language. And since Mr Barnier is a French citizen, it's not unnatural that he speaks French, the way I speak German," she said.
"Ja esmu pareizi informēta, ikvienam ir ļauts runāt savā valodā, un, tā kā Barnjē kungs ir Francijas pilsonis, nav neparasti, ka viņš runā franču valodā, tāpat kā es runāju vācu valodā," piebilda kanclere.