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Perception, interests, digital uses: European youth and the French language

The Institut français today publishes the first results of the international survey conducted in September-October 2025 on the perception of the French language among 1,400 young Europeans aged 16 to...

3 December 2025

French Language 2025 seminar: spreading and promoting French among young people

From October 22 to 24, 2025, the Institut français brought together more than 50 members of the cultural network in Paris and Villers-Cotterêts for a new edition of the Langue française seminar. Three...

30 October 2025

Cultural and Creative Industries Program: ten emblematic projects from the French cultural network

As part of the 2025 edition of the Cultural and Creative Industries Program (PICC), the Institut français is highlighting ten emblematic projects carried out by the French cultural network abroad...

29 October 2025

"Livres des deux rives" residencies at the Cité internationale de la langue française

From March 2025 to February 2026, the Cité internationale de la langue française is hosting eight authors from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, for writing residencies as part of the Livr...

15 September 2025

Recently published articles

Raphaëlle Macaron: the "Écrire en français" exhibition already presented in over 60 countries

Illustrator for comics and magazines, Raphaëlle Macaron takes part in the "Écrire en français" exhibition...

26 October 2025

Exposition « Écrire en français »

From Brasilia to Salvador, a look back at the opening of the Season of France in Brazil

Launched in August in Brasília and São Paulo, then in Belém and Salvador, the Saison de la France au Brésil kicked off with a series of cultural and artistic events drawing large audiences...

10 September 2025

The Brazil-France 2025 Season is in full swing in France!

Launched last April, the Brazil-France 2025 Season is now firmly established on the French cultural landscape. Conceived as a celebration of the 200 years of diplomatic relations between France and...

21 July 2025

Federico Vacas (IPSOS): how to make the French language more attractive?

On the occasion of International Francophonie Day this March 20, Federico Vacas, Director of IPSOS' Politics and Opinion department, presents us with the results and lessons to be drawn from a survey...

20 March 2025

 Federico Vacas

Perception of the French language: a worldwide survey of 24,540 people in 12 countries

As part of a reinforced strategy to promote the French language and French-language schooling abroad, the Institut français has commissioned Ipsos to conduct an in-depth survey on the perception of...

20 March 2025

Enquête IPSOS

Managing a language center in the French cultural network abroad

Isaline Gailliegue is Director of the Language Center at the Institut français de Djibouti, as part of a Volontariat International (VI) contract she began six months ago. Romuald Prouteau has been...

11 June 2024

Isaline et Romuald : Diriger un Centre de langue au sein du réseau culturel français à l’étranger

Francophonie: young Francophones from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam revisit the world

As part of Résonances internationales du Festival de la francophonie 2024, the French cultural network abroad is driving a regional project in Asia-Pacific, entitled "Refaire le monde en français "...

22 May 2024

Élodie Wynar, Anne-Laure Vincent et Zoé Leduc