> The EU needs to go further, and adopt a formal 'EU English', providing a framework for schools across the bloc to offer public education in English at all lev

> The EU needs to go further, and adopt a formal 'EU English', providing a framework for schools across the bloc to offer public education in English at all levels, at least in major cities. Never happening. You don't really understand how each country's language is part of our culture. > Right now, its basically impossible to move across the continent with a family - you will need to send your children to expensive international schools. Yes, it's easy, you just integrate in the country you live in and have your kids learn the local language. > This is definitely one of the factors why the fertility rate in Europe is so low. No, it's because kids are expensive and folks have less kids when access to birth control is decent / when folks are less religious, unless they have strong support from the government. See how having a kid and working as a mother in Germany is still considered shameful. My cousins back home in France didn't even think twice about having kids at 26-27, because they knew they wouldn't pay outrageous money for daycare or university.