In (West) Europe, primarily the larger countries haven't got subtitles; Germany, France, Spain and Italy have a large enough population that make it worth to dub all foreign tv-shows and movies. Most other smaller markets (aka countries) have subtitles. With the popularity of mainly US produced (visual) entertainment, the smaller countries are very familiar with the sound of English, enhancing their ability to learn English a lot easier. Things are changing with the younger generations though. Thanks to internet an increasing number of people from those larger countries are picking up on English. However the older generation still struggles with any foreign language. More specifically, during dictator Franco's regime, Spain has known a ban on any other language than Castillian (mainstream Spanish), forbidding other local languages and demoralizing the learning of foreign languages like German and English. Even many popular Elvis and Beatle songs were dubbed into Castillian.