Which are the most studied languages in EU schools?

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Which are the most studied languages in EU schools?  Spanish takes second place among pupils in general education, while German wins the silver medal in vocational schools.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/29/which-are-the-most-studied-languages-in-eu-schools  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00What are the most popular foreign languages among EU students?

00:08In the EU, 60% of high school students take two or more foreign languages as part of their compulsory studies.

00:16English remains by far the most widely studied language among both compulsory and vocational studies.

00:23Among vocational studies, German takes second place with 18%, followed by French, Spanish, Russian and Swedish.

00:32When it comes to mandatory classes, the situation is similar.

00:36Spanish is the second most studied language after English, followed by German, French and further down, Italian.

00:44Chinese is only studied by 0.5% of students, with the highest percentages in France, Luxembourg and Italy.

00:53Some countries seem to be putting more effort than others into teaching foreign languages.

00:59Nearly 100% of high school students in general education in France, Romania and the Czech Republic study two or more foreign languages.

01:09The situation differs when it comes to vocational education.

01:13Nearly all pupils in Romania take two or more language classes, 85% in Finland, 78% in Poland,

01:23while percentages are 0 or close to 0 in Malta, Spain, Greece and Denmark.

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