Aw I see
Ahhhh good question ! So, I can write a book with the answer lol,
The french are SO DAMN LAZY to learn languages, and that's sooo stupid. The thing is, we learn languages at school, but it's a bit depreciate. I mean, n math teacher is always like "math are more important than languages " etc etc (I'm talking about math but you get it , it's the same for other "important" subjects tho)
This "depreciation" starts really early at school, it makes the students does not really care about languages class. Also, when you're really into it and ready to learn (like me) there is absolutely NO WAY you become fluent by learning at school. I had only 1h per week of english, and 1h per week of german. To become fluent in english I had to learn by myself, by reading books and watching movies etc
So, in France except some teachers, and students like med students or marketing students and things like that, a lot of people are faaaaar to become fluent in english ! And that's too bad ><
How about french in UK
? (Unless you're not from there ?)