thorbiorn said:A: US wishes to destabilize EU similar to Syria so that they can come in and "fix" things. i.e. rule and control resources and trade the "American way". Everyone will speak English!
One more thought on this statement.
I learned that more local social workers in Denmark are taking courses in English to be able to help refugees and immigrants, English is thus increasingly becoming a lingua franca on the level of national administration.
Well, before the economy crisis in Spain, English was not that popular. Enter the economy crisis and now everybody knows and/or is studying English.
There are other factors, but surely the "shock doctrine" changed things for people in a lot of ways.