A 2006 Eurobarometer study entitled Europeans and their
Languages showed that 68% of Belgian respondents
deemed it “very useful” to know languages other than
their mother tongue.

This placed Belgium way above the EU-25 average of
53%. In addition, 45% of Belgians cited “personal
satisfaction” as their main reason for learning other
languages.

Half the Flemish respondents said they spoke very good
English, the language described in the Eurobarometer
study as “by far the most useful” one to know.

Here are the percentages of Flemish people with a good to
very good grasp of German, English and French:

	German	English	French
Flanders	18.5%	52%	53.5%