Quelle sera demain la langue de l’Europe?/Welche Sprache spricht Europa in Zukunft? (broadcasted on ARTE at 14:00 on 2015-06-06)


Which language for Europe?

MT+2, of course! Well… Here is the explanation: the EU would like to have every European speak three languages, that is to say two languages besides his/her mother tongue. Except that MT+2 has been quickly replaced by MT+E: mother tongue + English. And this means two, not three! Why would young people learn a second foreign language when they manage to be understood anywhere thanks to some English language skills? In these circumstances, why not have English to become the lingua franca of all Europeans one day? It is now unquestionable that even young French people start to learn English, a language held in contempt in the past. And there are less and less of them who learn German nowadays.

But having English as a lingua franca is not so simple after all...

See the Yourope report broadcasted on ARTE and arte.tv on Saturday, Jun. 6th, 2015:

- French version on http://info.arte.tv/fr/quelle-sera-demain-la-langue-de-leurope
- German version on http://info.arte.tv/de/welche-sprache-spricht-europa-zukunft

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