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[–] zackhow@programming.dev 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What a mouthful of a name.

France's equivalent of the Federal Trade Commission, Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And you call us Germans out for our long words ...

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In German, wouldn't that all be one word?

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes and therefore it would be shorter.

[–] FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Die eidgenössische Verbraucherschutzbehörde

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

That would be Swiss, though.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's like the French are trying to prove something.

[–] yopyop@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

That's why we call the DGCCRF !