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As part of our reflections on the French-speaking world, multilingualism and the future of international languages, we wanted to talk to Sven Franck, a German living in France. He is also co-chair of the French list for the European elections for Volt, a pan-European party. This gives us the opportunity to anticipate the consequences of the closure of three Goethe Institutes in France and the impact of AI on intercultural exchange, particularly in Europe.
The German government has decided to close the Goethe Institutes in France, in Lille, Bordeaux and Strasbourg (!). These are certainly not all of the Goethe Institutes in France, but it is nevertheless a bad sign, in my opinion, for Franco-German cooperation. I myself live in Lille, where the institute was opened over 60 years ago, and 2023 is also the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, which makes the German decision even more symbolic (not to mention the closure of the institute in Strasbourg, the capital of the European Parliament).
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