[pepinator]

I agree that a lot of people speak two languages. But man, I've lived in several countries in Europe for many years, and even the average university student doesn't really speak English (and I work at the university so I interact with many of them). Even in countries like Belgium where there're three official languages!

However, I'd agree with that the average educated person can somewhat communicate ideas in a second language. This is what polls usually show, around 30% to 50% of people.

[palata]

> I've lived in several countries in Europe for many years, and even the average university student doesn't really speak English

Have you tried any Scandinavian country for instance?

[pepinator]

no, but we're talking about Europe on general. and the initial claim is surely false in countries like Spain, France, Poland and Belgium