Beyond European Fears Of a Monoglot Future takes

On matters of policy, tensions between the U.S. and Europe come and go. There’s one source of antagonism, however, that never goes away: the growing role of American culture (in entertainment and business alike) and of the English language that transmits it. Recent press reports have focused on European fears that English will displace the continent’s languages and reduce them to the status of local dialects. Whatever its merit, the fear of a hegemonic American culture misses the changes taking place on our side of the Atlantic.