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Should English stay the lingua franca of Europe?

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Should English stay the lingua franca of Europe?

[email protected] • 2 days ago

There were many lingua francas of which French was supposedly the first global lingua franca. That changed and it became English (from what I understand). We will probably see another language become the lingua franca, so my question is: should it be English? Are there better candidates out there? Why / why not?

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The Year of Esperanto is finally upon us! Bonan Matenon, Europe!
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  Nia tempo venis!
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  I would actually love a law that says Esperanto has to be the first foreign language taught in each EU school.
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    Why not a combination out of all European languages. Might be a huge mess, but still.
    
    Edit: I‘m an idiot.

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