Europeans must improve their language skills to ensure Europe's competitiveness in the global market, Brussels has warned, as 11 percent of EU small and medium-sized companies have lost an export contract and miss out on revenues due to their staff's poor knowledge of foreign languages.
According to a study presented by EU multilingualism commissioner Leonard Orban, EU businesses lost on average €325,000 each over a three year period due to communication barriers.
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