Half of Europeans Bilingual

According to an Associated Press article, a recent European Union poll shows that 50% of the citizens in Europe can speak a second language.

The country with the highest percentage of citizens who are able to "master a conversation in a second language" is Luxembourg, at 99%. Hungary came in at the bottom of the scale, with 29%.

In the United Sates, only 9% of the population is bilingual. According to a U.S. Senate resolution, 2005 is the "Year of Foreign Language Study."

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