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An example on how some people didn't necessarily were forced arbitrarily, is when many people in Europe go on Erasmus (a government sponsored exchange program) and spend a year in another European country where they spend 90% of their time communicating in the local language
As I said, besides the billingualism, the choices and rules are loose and many.
That being said, I can understand your concern with the term "mandatory" giving a restrictive connotation...
Even taking your logic, I'm pretty sure in this world, you are more likely to have 2 parents that each speak a different language than 2 parents who can't...
Plus, you don't need interested parents to realize that you'll eventually have to deal with a more multipolar world, most of whoms' people won't speak the same language fluently as you, so it's good, not only for practical but social needs, to probably do this...
Finally, a little bit of societal pressure and a loose law (read again my post) didn't stop the Anglophonie from having children, not only including their own but other migrants, from learning English to integrate...
For me, it should be easier than a minimum wage increase, if it's to be implemented overtime....
Come on, what about the Nordic countries and the Nederlands, as well? Besides their own respective languages, due to similar Germanic roots of their language and their need to interact with the Western world, I bet many of them speak English...
https://www.wordspath.com/english-speaking-countries-in-europe/
yes but for that to be relevant it would have to be local. If everyone in Norway speaks multiple languages that won't help you if you come from an area where everyone is monolingual.
Ok, honestly, I should've took that in account...