Why is Spain behind other European countries?

I reckon there are many factors causing Spain's underdevelopment in relation to other European countries such as historical, geographic, social...

But I think one of the main reasons why spanish people do not speak English is the fact that Spain is the only country in the world that dubs everything.

I read an article that said that Spain has 4,300 cinema screens, which puts Spain in first place. Despite the fact that now there are a number of original version theaters or cinema screens in Spain, they are visited mostly by tourists; Spaniards generally don't want to read subtitles, actually only 4% of Spanish people go to the cinema to watch them in V.O.

I've had the oportunity of travelling around Europe and I can appreciate how well people from Holland, Switzerland, Germany ...speak English. In fact, they are able to communicate as well as in their mother tongue. In my opinion, it is not because they take more English classes in school or high school than Spanish children but from early on they are used to watching cartoons, movies, programs or series in their original version,therefore they reinforce and put in practice what they learn at school. In my opinion, the influence of media on the language capabilities of a country is quite fascinating.

On the other hand, the geographical location of some European countries push them to have a common language-which is English for political and economical reasons-in order to be able to communicate with their neighbouring countries.

I am quite optimistic about the future of Spain regarding this issue, and despite the fact that other European countries are many years ahead of us, I think we will be able to communicate in English in 20 years because now new generations have more oportunities to travell or study abroad and watch English channels and we are more eager to learn other languages than our grandparents or parents were.