Foreign language learning

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  • Language is one of the main barriers to geographical mobility. Across the EU, every second person speaks at least one other language than their mother tongue, but this hides large differences between Member States. Some 70% of UK citizens speak only one language, while in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Baltic States, Malta and Luxembourg, more than 87% of the population speak at least one other language. English is by far the most widely spoken foreign language – spoken by some 34% of Europeans.

(Source: Eurobarometer 237 ‘Europeans and Languages' 2005)