Outgoing French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg attends a news conference in Paris August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - A decline in the number of people worldwide who speak French could cost France 120,000 jobs by 2020 and half a million by 2050, due to missed economic opportunities, a report commissioned by President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.
"Unless there is a major effort, we could witness a retreat (for French speaking)," the report's author, veteran economist Jacques Attali, said in a foreword.
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