What are your thoughts on English as the global lingua franca?

For me as a European it makes sense, since English is a fuse of 2/3 of our dominant language families (germanic and romance) making it easy to pick up for most Europeans.

But in Asia it's not related to any of your languages. What do you think of using English in national, inter-Asian and international communication? Was it hard for you to learn? Is your country using English domestically or not? Would you prefer it to be another global language perhaps?

Please share your thoughts!

Cheers.