Language policies are almost always related to the social conditions and needs that a State highlights, and are related to the trends and needs of the supranational political and economic structure to which it belongs. In many European countries, foreign language teaching has always been conditioned by policies that favored the promotion of a single language, neglecting the economic, cultural and social reality of the local country.

The example of languages such as Italian, presented as a weak language compared to others, such as English, demonstrates the effect of the actual policy, followed in Europe after the Second World War. Regardless of the economic relations between European countries, the cultural exchange and the continuous contact between their peoples, local and European policies continue to promote the learning of the so-called strong languages, imposing certain linguistic needs on their citizens.

The antithesis between social reality and local and European language policy is the stimulus for this conference, which aims to inform participants about the economic, political, cultural and linguistic dimensions that favor, if not impose, the teaching of languages not promoted by the EU, such as Italian, and their support at an institutional level.