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Some French people speak English well. A quick Google search suggests around a third of the population of France speak English (and a similar number in Italy, Germany, Spain etc.), but I don't think that necessarily means they're fluent. From my experience, although you can sometimes make yourself understood in France (my high school French helps!) there isn't always someone around who speaks good English, even in tourist areas.
I didn't know that Elyes speaks French. I know he has multi-ethnic heritage so I'm not at all surprised, though.
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From what I've seen, his French is pretty good.
It's been a long time since I was in France, but I found even the workers in the hotel in Paris were not that great. We were staying in a smallish hotel, which could explain it, but we had a hard time asking about anything not directly related to the room.