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In EU:

The importance of the English language will start to wane across European businesses, schools and institutions.

10 percent decline in the number of students from Western Europe enrolling in English courses in 2016, as well as a 37 percent decline in those from Eastern Europe

French would be the “language of the future”, owing to the high rates of growth in Francophone African countries. German, meanwhile, continues to hold sway in the academic world, particularly within the sciences. It’s also the most common second language in several EU countries

As soon as the Brexit vote materialised, then French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon tweeted: “English can no longer be the third working language of the European Parliament.” Robert Ménard, the mayor of the southern French town of Béziers, echoed this sentiment, stating English now had no legitimacy whatsoever in Brussels, and should be superseded, even by Irish Gaelic.

In ASEAN: The Education First (EF) 2017 English Proficiency Index does not paint a very good picture for most ASEAN countries => it’s hard to achieve greater integration within the ASEAN community and aims to increase business, social, cultural and employment opportunities among Southeast Asian countries => English is way to improve country’s development.

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Q1: They both use English as a lingua franca and it is not stated as the official or national language by most countries of them.
Q2:
EU: English is becoming less important after Brexit and European countries are looking for other lingua franca to replace English (Frech, Italy...)
Asean: English is considered quite important in business and education so Asean countries tend to push English instead of replacing it like EU

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2. How different are the attitudes towards English by the EU and the ASEAN?

EU: In May 2017, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, proclaimed: “Slowly but surely, English is losing importance in Europe.”
The number of English speakers across Europe reflects the huge investment that so many have already made in learning it, while many international companies expect employees to be fluent in English. That's why many EU citizens speak English as a foreign language to a working proficiency.

What’s more, the British would lose their sway in nudging Europeans towards the UK standard. In other words, Europeans will become free to take the language in a new direction.
=> In the future, English might lose its importance, French would replace English in EU.
ASEAN: It seems that Asean countries want to expand their business and trading with international companies, an optimal way to increase their standind and economy in the world so English, to them, is a must-have criteria. Therefore, the general attitude towards English in these countries is highly favorable as can be seen in the case of Thailand when they want to increase their rank in the English leaderboard. They have specifically introduced many programs in order to save the status of English here.ASEAN.

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Question 1: English in the EU and ASEAN is equally important since its acts as the lingua franca for connecting every nation in each region
Question 2: On the one hand, due to the event of Brexit, English is considered to be losing its position as the lingua franca in the EU since the governments are trying to replace it gradually and other dominant languages in Europe are being taken into account. However, this seems to be a time-consuming process. On the other hand, English is on the rise in ASEAN because of the association's vision. Perhaps in 10-year time, ASEAN will develop into a political and economic union with a common goal of international cooperation. Therefore, English becoming the lingua franca in the region seems to be even more obvious.

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Asean: Enhance the standard of English to integrate with global because they almost are developing countries
EU: Using English as a lingual franca in some aspects: business, schools, institutions

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Question 2:
EU: They have quite "negative" attitude to English, especially after Brexit happened as they expect others language such as French.

ASEAN: They have positive attitude to English as eagering to push the English use in their country. This is because they see that English can bring great benefits for them in the 4.0 Industry.

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Q1:

To have better English language education, would have an edge when it comes to doing international business and  achieve greater integration within the ASEAN community in terms of social, cultural and employment opportunities among Southeast Asian countries.

Q2:

EU’s attitude: After the UK leaves the European Union, member states are expecting a new language to take the place of English as the bloc's lingua franca.

Evidence: President of the European Commission, proclaimed: “Slowly but surely, English is losing importance in Europe.”

ASEAN ‘ s attitude: Appreciate English as a way to improve country’s development

Evidence: The Requirements for Education and Qualification of People in Industry 4.0 study found that top jobs including Informatics specialists, PLC programmers, Robot programmers, Software engineers, Data analysts, and cybersecurity personnel will all require proficiency in English.

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ASEAN: Thai officials expressed worry that Southeast Asian nations like the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Myanmar, which have better English language education, would have an edge when it comes to doing international business. => pay much attention for English speaking problem => wanna improve the standard of English
EU: uncovered a 10 percent decline in the number of students from Western Europe enrolling in English courses in 2016, as well as a 37 percent decline in those from Eastern Europe. => the importance of the English language will start to wane across European businesses, schools and institutions

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How are EU and ASEAN the same in their English use?
How different are the attitudes towards English by the EU and the ASEAN?

https://theaseanpost.com/article/push-better-english

https://www.europeanceo.com/business-and-management/why-english-will-still-be-important-to-europe-in-a-post-brexit-world/