Jean-Benoît was invited by Angel Miguel Martínez, Vice President of the European Parliament, and Olga Cosmidou, Director General of Conferences, to speak to representatives and officers of the European Union about how Europe’s main languages are globalizing and how this is affecting the “language market.” He was accompanied by representatives from the Alliance française of Brussels-Europe and the Québec General Delegation in Brussels, who organized a series of conferences for him in different Belgian cities during Francophonie Week.