Brussels, 16/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission adopted a final communication, which presented the first European survey on the first and second foreign language skills of pupils in the EU member states. This communication follows the 2000 Lisbon European Council which underlined the importance of improving Europeans' language skills. Two years later the Barcelona Council followed up by calling for concrete actions “to improve the mastery of basic skills, in...