"This isn't a question of distaste for the English language or culture, nor is it tied up with anti-American sentiment,'' said Stephane Lopez, the agency official in charge of persuading the new member states to take up French.
"We think it is dangerous to encourage uniformity. The English language is a predator which destroys other languages. When people use English, other languages get crushed.'' ---
I just got back from Lithuania and Latvia. I didn't find too many people who could speak English there. They were speaking Russian with me.
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