{"id":4842,"date":"2020-12-07T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T12:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coursdefrancais.nl\/2020\/12\/07\/international-day-for-french-speakers\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:13:56","slug":"international-day-for-french-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/international-day-for-french-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day for French Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you speak French, you belong to the more than 250 million French language users. Then you can&#8217;t go around March 20. Every year on that day is the Journ\u00e9e Internationale de la Francophonie.  <\/p>\n<p>In the Netherlands, the entire month of March has been declared the month of the Francophony and there are a number of events. 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