Extract
In the 17–19th centuries, French was the language of international communication, as English has since become. It is still one of the official languages of many international organisations, is spoken by >250 million individuals worldwide, and is one of the official languages of 41 countries and dependent entities [1, 2] (figure 1). French-speaking countries, present on four continents, represent a large variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, including not only highly developed but also rapidly developing countries.
Abstract
An event that should reinforce the links between French-speaking respiratory medicine communities worldwide http://ow.ly/iMvk30eQzQi
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: None declared
- Received July 20, 2017.
- Accepted August 8, 2017.
- Copyright ©ERS 2017