Margrethe Vestager the right person for top EU job, politician says
Luis Garicano, vice president of the ALDE, says Margrethe Vestager is the right person for top EU job, EU Commission President. CNBC International TV video above published on May 29, 2019.
Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has given a strong signal that Denmark would push for EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager to take the EU's top job. Rasmussen, who was previously a political rival of Vestager, described her as "the best candidate" to succeed Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, ahead of an informal summit of EU leaders on Tuesday.
Merkel and Macron clash over the EU’s future leadership
Financial Times (ft.com) video above published May 28, 2019: Angela Merkel has made an impassioned defence of Manfred Weber, the German candidate to head the European Commission, shielding him from attacks from French president Emmanuel Macron that exposed divisions over the EU’s future leadership.
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2015-12-20
Countries With Best Non-native English Speakers
How many people in the world can read English? The exact number is unknown but the number is in the billions (see English language - Wikipedia). English is the predominant language in the world and on the web (see English as a Global Language), and will likely remain so for a very long time, due in part to English being an official language of India which will be the most populous country in the world by 2022. In 2004, Linguist David Crystal (see below), stated that, combining native and non-native speakers, India now has more people who speak or understand English than any other country in the world. In Africa, many speakers of English have become part of an "Afro-Saxon" language community that unites Africans from different countries (see Mazrui and Mazrui). In a world of texting and messaging, ability to just read English is as important as learning to be a proficient English speaker. That said, there are much better statistics on English speakers, native and non-native-- Linguist David Crystal estimates that non-native English speakers now outnumber native speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1 in the world--
For nations where English is not the native language, here are the best English speakers:
Source: Statista
Above chart: Almost two billion people study English as a non-native language - that's nearly one in three people worldwide. Which countries actually speak English the best as a second language? The English Proficiency Test compiled an interesting ranking using the exam results of hundreds of thousands of people to illustrate the countries that have the best proficiency in English as a second language. Read more on the i100. (Nov 6, 2015)
Top 5: Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Interesting are the numbers of people who speak (not just read) English worldwide, both native-speakers and as a second language:
"Anglospeak-percentage-knowledge". Licensed under GFDL via Commons.
more info: List of countries by English-speaking population - Wikipedia
See also: Why English Dominates the Web: Native & Non-native English Speakers
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For nations where English is not the native language, here are the best English speakers:
Source: Statista
Above chart: Almost two billion people study English as a non-native language - that's nearly one in three people worldwide. Which countries actually speak English the best as a second language? The English Proficiency Test compiled an interesting ranking using the exam results of hundreds of thousands of people to illustrate the countries that have the best proficiency in English as a second language. Read more on the i100. (Nov 6, 2015)
Top 5: Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Interesting are the numbers of people who speak (not just read) English worldwide, both native-speakers and as a second language:
"Anglospeak-percentage-knowledge". Licensed under GFDL via Commons.
more info: List of countries by English-speaking population - Wikipedia
See also: Why English Dominates the Web: Native & Non-native English Speakers
Follow @DomainMondo
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