Vatican broke protocol to give Zelensky front-row seat at Pope's funeral - The Telegraph
Vatican broke protocol to give Zelensky front-row seat at Pope's funeral - The Telegraph
The Vatican overturned protocol to ensure that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was given a front-row seat at the funeral of Pope Francis, along with U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. — Ukrinform.
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If you read the article, they also did the same for Trump.
They didn't, alphabetical order in French is the protocol in question. The USA's name in French is États-Unis, putting it much earlier in the alphabet than it would be in English. Since France and Finland (both still start with F in French) were in the front row, we know that États-Unis would be too
Albanians 😎
Conversely, Chad > Tchad and Czechia > Tchéquie
Why does it go by French names rather than Latin or even Italian?
Because french was historically the language of diplomacy back when the rules were made. This is also mentioned in the article.
Pah! Who has time to read articles? Where's my AI summary? /s
And you're the dumb cousin? Damn guess that explains the empire...
Because it’s the lingua franca of the world.