Hi there. I personally recommend German. I have studied both of them when I was in high school and despite being Italian, I found it harder to remember all the countless exceptions that characterise French grammar.

It is true that Italian and French have the same Indoeuropean orgins, as well as German and English belong to the same Germanic group, but although I had no difficulty in understanding and speaking French, paradoxically I now remember more about German than French, since I don't study them anymore (I currently study Russian).

So I would choose German.

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Здравствуйте. Я изучила немецкий, английский и французский в школе и теперь изучаю русский в университете.

Хотя это очень трудный я думаю, что можно изучать и говорить на многих разных языках. Но если бы мне надо было выбрать язык, я выбрала бы какой-нибудь язык, на котором многие люди говорят и поэтому я не выбрала бы итальянский, хотя итальянская культура прекрасная.

Hello there. I have studied German, English and French when I was in high school and now I currently study Russian at university.

Despite being remarkably hard I think that it is possible for a person to study and speak different languages. Yet, if I were to choose a language I would choose one that many people speak and that is the reason why I woul not choose Italian, although Italian culture is wonderful.