English is the dominant inter-country language in the EU. It is most prevalent in the EU administration in Europe.
For the French, that is quite enough. In France, you speak French to authorities. No more and most certainly not less!
Which means what? Any foreigner is quite wrong to think s/he can get around French law regarding their existence in France. (Especially as regards property, which is the singular factor in terms of personal wealth in most any developed country.)
absolutely! After all, it is written in the Constitution at the deuxième article
The law nonetheless requires the diagnostics to be done and the Notaire, before allowing contractual signatures, will ask the buyer if they received them.
If the buyer says “No, I haven’t seen them”, the sale stops right there - and the Notaire asks the seller to send the diagnostics to the buyer. The buyers must then accept them and if they do not, then the sale stops there.
I would not be surprised if the Notary asks the buyers to sign a document that says they received and read the diagnostics before proceeding to the contractual sale.