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The enlargement of language knowledge brings an added value to individuals, and represents a vital tool for mutual understanding between countries, communities and cultures. In other words, it is crucial for a Europe seeking unity in diversity.
The lack of data on the citizens’ language skills means that there needs to be a system whereby progress towards attaining the objective laid down by the Barcelona European Council of developing the EU’s education and training systems into a world-renowned centre of excellence can be measured.
The European Indicator of Linguistic Competence could prove a valuable instrument for obtaining reliable data on the language skills of Europeans, facilitating exchange of good practice and giving fresh impetus to language teaching.
I feel it is essential that European language policy should not reflect an idea of an insular Europe. In this regard, I would like to reiterate the need to bring into this debate the concept of a European language of universal communication. English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, in that order, along with, to some extent, German and Italian, are special vehicles of communication with the rest of the world and as such deserve preferential support and encouragement from the EU."@en1
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