Magyar said the government must work to ensure that, along with English and German, the French language should also have the stable place in the Hungarian education system that it deserves, as knowledge of French can be an unassailable advantage in a number of European countries.

The Budapest French Institute said 25,000 Hungarians are learning French from 800 teachers, and that ten bilingual schools, five Alliance Francaise organisations and a number of higher education institutions are disseminating the French language in Hungary.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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