According to a Eurobarometer survey on Europeans and their languages in 2006, 56% of EU citizens are able to hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue and 28% can master two languages in addition to their native language.
Eurobaromeetri 2006. aasta uuringu Eurooplased ja nende keeled kohaselt suudab 56% ELi kodanikest vestelda muus keeles kui nende emakeel ja 28% suudab rääkida kaht keelt peale emakeele.