A 2014 study by the investment bank Natixis even predicted that French would become the world's most widely spoken language by 2050. The authors of the study referred to were demographic growth prospects in Africa. French is also widespread in many smaller countries, Ammon said.
Classical populism. The word populism is derived from the Latin word populus, which means people in English (in the sense of folk, nation, as in: The Roman People (populus Romanus), not in the sense of multiple individual persons as in: There are people visiting us today).
Populism is a doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general population, especially when contrasting any new collective consciousness push against the prevailing status quo interests of any predominant political sector. Populist democracy, including calls for more political participation through reforms such as the use of popular referenda. 2  Politicians' populism marked by non-ideological appeals for the people to build a unified coalition. 3  Reactionary populism, such as the white backlash harvested by George Wallace.