Languages of European leaders

Most heads of government of European countries speak more than one language, almost always including English.

By country

France

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks French as his first language and English as his second language.

Germany

German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz speaks German as his first language and English as his second language.

Since World War II, most German politicians have been able to speak English. Former Prime Minister Angela Merkel can speak German, English and Russian.

United Kingdom

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak predominantly speaks English, but due to his Indian heritage, he also speaks basic Hindi and Punjabi.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks English as his first language and French as his second language. It is also said he has some knowledge of Ancient Greek, German, Italian, Latin and Spanish.

Summary table

Heads of government

Country	Leader	Language
		English	French	German	Russian	Other(s)
Albania	Edi Rama	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Albanian)
Andorra	Xavier Espot Zamora	No	Yes	No	No	Yes (Catalan and Spanish)
Armenia	Nikol Pashinyan	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (Armenian)
Belgium	Alexander De Croo	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes (Dutch)
Croatia	Andrej Plenković	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Croatian)
Czech Republic	Petr Fiala	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Czech)
Denmark	Mette Frederiksen	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Danish)
Estonia	Alar Karis	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (Estonian)
Finland	Sanna Marin	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Finnish)
Georgia	Irakli Garibashvili	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (Georgian)
Germany	Olaf Scholz	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Greece	Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Greek)
Hungary	Viktor Orbán	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Hungarian)
Italy	Giorgia Meloni	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (Italian and Spanish)
Latvia	Egils Levits	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Latvian)
Spain	Pedro Sánchez	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes (Spanish)
United Kingdom	Rishi Sunak	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Hindi and Punjabi)

Heads of state

Country	Leader	Language
		English	French	German	Russian	Other(s)
Austria	Alexander Van der Bellen	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Azerbaijani)
Belarus	Alexander Lukashenko	No	No	No	Yes	Yes (Belarusian)
Bulgaria	Rumen Radev	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Bulgarian)
Cyprus	Nicos Anastasiades	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Greek)
Estonia	Alar Karis	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (Estonian)
Finland	Sauli Niinistö	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Finnish)
France	Emmanuel Macron	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Hungary	Katalin Novák	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Hungarian)
Latvia	Egils Levits	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Latvian)
Lithuania	Gitanas Nausėda	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (Lithuanian)
Poland	Andrzej Duda	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (Polish)
Russia	Vladimir Putin	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Spain	Felipe VI	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes (Catalan and Spanish)
Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	No	No	No	No	Yes (Turkish)
Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (Ukrainian)
United Kingdom	Charles III	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (Welsh)

References

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