Great idea ALS. I'm one of those who knows little about French culture. That article didn't so much teach me how things may be changing there, rather I learned about how some things are. I look forward to learning more from this thread.
Here is an article I saw last week. It's about allowing some university classes to be taught in English there rather than in French, and about the debate regarding doing that.
http://www.wtop.com/236/3332266/Mon-Dieu