French here. It's true and it's a huge problem. People confuse accepting another language in your life and abandoning yours. They are very attached to their la

French here. It's true and it's a huge problem. People confuse accepting another language in your life and abandoning yours. They are very attached to their language, it's part of their identity. Some part of france even still have a few people trying to protect a local dialect like the nissart or the breton. All in all, the ability to speak english is pretty low in france, and I think it hurts the country more than it helps it. We have our own world for computer... So what ? It's time for europe to make english an official second language for all countries. People can speak theit own language as much as they want, but they should all be able to communicate together. Vote together, build together, fill the same forms and share cooking receipes in an easy way. Having a democracy in 25 languages is too much of a challenge.