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A special 2006 Eurobaromenter survey on the language skills of European citizens and their attitudes towards language learning clearly indicates wide support for language learning.

• 56 % of citizens in the EU Member States say they are able to hold a conversation in one language apart from their mother tongue;


• 28 % of the respondents state that they speak two foreign languages well enough to have a conversation;


• English is the most widely spoken foreign language throughout Europe, while


• German is the most widely spoken mother tongue.

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