There were many lingua francas of which French was supposedly the first global lingua franca. That changed and it became English (from what I understand). We will probably see another language become the lingua franca, so my question is: should it be English? Are there better candidates out there? Why / why not?
Ah that wasn’t clear :D
With fascism spreading rapidly in the US and it now being globalised, it’s not improbable that EU right-wingers will call for better English classes in order to have more people who can be influenced and understand messages from the US. Whether they will actually get rid of the EU is doubtful as it could function as a great money funnel from the US to right-wing politicians.