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In Luxembourg,almost everybody speaks at least one foreign language (Photo: European Commission)

Young Europeans get multilingual

by Elitsa Vucheva, Brussels,

Half of all Europeans are studying a foreign language from primary schools onwards, a new survey from the European information network Eurydice has shown.

The study shows a general increase in foreign language learning in primary education but some countries are more 'multilingual' than others.

The 'top 3' linguists are from Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Denmark. About three quarters of people in Denmark and the Netherlands (as well as in Sweden) can speak English well enough ...

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In Luxembourg,almost everybody speaks at least one foreign language (Photo: European Commission)

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