European Parliament
President.
Question no 39 by Gyula Hegyi 
Subject: Education  language teaching
Both the European Union and its Member States invest enormous amounts of money into language education. Nevertheless, results are poor as, according to research, only half of EU citizens are familiar with holding a conversation in any foreign language.
Does the Commission intend to act in order to encourage the Member States to evaluate without any prejudice the effectiveness of different language teaching methods, including new techniques?
Why are publications of the European Union not being translated into the languages of the new Member States?

