I truly hope "Lockheed Blackbird" is joking, because the ICAO ELP is about gaining level 4 or more ... IN ENGLISH! If he likes French language that much, why did he choose an English name to post? Should be called "L'oiseau noir"...
Local/National language is fine in flying clubs and uncontrolled airspace. Any commercial flight should be operated in English. Period. How come the Dutch, the Swiss (They have at least 3 national languages and none of them is English), Danish, Swedish, Austrians, etc, can all use English for professional pilots, and France or Spain wouldn't? It is just resistance to change and to adapt. If the french resist this so much, maybe they do not deserve the ELP level 4 or 5 that they have on their license. Should not be a problem if they really had the ELP they claim?