@JHS https://www.quora.com/Do-Australians-learn-a-different-language-other-than-English-at-school seems to disagree about Australians,
The UK high school system can become quite focused by a-levels, often at the expense of languages. I remember a (high level) discussion about the disadvantage the British were at negotiating in the EU, mainly because they had to send people who had majored in languages at college into the EU structures, given the requirement to converse. By contrast, Europeans generally speak a few languages anyway, so they could send people who were actually trained in the various areas under negotiation/where policy-making was happening, etc.
When I visited Quebec, I was told by a number of people I’d be fine with English in Montreal, but would probably struggle without French elsewhere.
Anyway this is straying a bit far from the original topic which is that there is a language requirement/recommendation that many seem unaware of. Whether or not it’s “enough” should probably be a different thread?