Explanation: In Eastern Europe, the main concern is water pollution. The foul water is the outcome of the industries that were set up during the communist era.

These factors hinder water quality improvement in Eastern Europe.

• carbon credits.
• cost.
• outdated systems.
• raw water quality.
• unskilled employees.

The main threats to European coastal areas are water pollution and eutrophication (or nutrient enrichment), loss of biological diversity, urban development, landscape deterioration and coastal erosion.

landfills, hazardous waster, agricultural runoff, irrigation. Explanation: Agriculture in Eastern Europe is threatened by deteriorating soil quality, according to a study by a European Union (EU) research center.

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English is still the most spoken language in the EU by far, with German now spoken by 36% of citizens and French spoken by 29% of the EU’s new smaller population of 446 million people. Italian comes fourth at 18%, followed by 17% for Spanish.

Languages currently spoken in Eastern Europe are:

• Bulgarian (in Bulgaria)
• Belarusian (in Belarus)
• Czech (in the Czech Republic)
• Georgian (in Georgia)
• Hungarian (in Hungary and Romania)
• Latvian (in Latvia) Latgalian.
• Lithuanian (in Lithuania) Aukštaitian (Highland) Samogitian (Lowland)
• Polish (in Poland) Greater Polish.

With a proficiency of 71.45%, the Netherlands is the country with the highest proficiency in English in all of continental Europe. Whether it’s the similarities between English and Dutch, or some other factor, the population of this region can speak English at near-native levels.

Luxembourg is the only non-English speaking country that ranked a different language to English as the most useful foreign tongue to master. When it comes to the languages Europeans consider the most useful after English, things become even more illuminating, with Russian, German and French the most dominant.

Ethnologue (2019, 22nd edition)

All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers.

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The Most Spoken Languages In Europe

1. Russian. Perhaps a surprise for many individuals, Russian tops this list as the most spoken language in Europe with roughly 140 million native speakers on the continent!
2. German.
3. French.
4. Turkish.
5. Italian.
6. English.
7. Spanish.
8. Polish.

And The Easiest Language To Learn Is…

1. Norwegian. This may come as a surprise, but we have ranked Norwegian as the easiest language to learn for English speakers.
2. Swedish.
3. Spanish.
4. Dutch.
5. Portuguese.
6. Indonesian.
7. Italian.
8. French.