Do you British really call us 'the mainland'? :) That sounds so funny :)
People who work in corporations do speak English as it's mostly their company language. But if you go to smaller towns you may face some challenges with the languages.
I had a similar discussion with a friend from the UK. He was telling me that people there don't feel that they should learn another language as they believe everyone speaks English so there is no need to put some effort to it. I don't know if it's true and I'm not judging anyone :)
It's good to know! And thank you for naming the specific fields of your expertise ;) Don't worry, I won't bother you with anything outside of these fields :D
Haha yea, we call it mainland Europe as we're an island but we don't call ourselves islanders... weird country we are haha :)
Yea I have experienced small towns in France where you really do have to know the local language otherwise you are stuffed really!
You're spot on with that and when I went to France with an English person a long time ago, I was ashamed with what he was saying "I don't want to learn another language, everyone else should speak English" - it might be a general feeling but I appreciate that everyone has learned to speak the english language and I want to at least try and learn a few words.
Haha, I hope you have a checklist of things there to ask if those topics ever need to be asked :)