Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-26-Speech-2-184"
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"Mr President, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the European Bureau for Lesser–Used Languages is running short of funds. We have also been informed that no funding can be allocated for the parliamentary use of stateless languages. Why has the Ebner report, which was intended to improve real language plurality in Europe and the development of lesser–used and minority languages in the EU, not yet been implemented?
This morning we listened to the Queen of the Netherlands talking about the use of one's mother tongue as a right in a multilingual Europe. What will happen to some mother tongues which have been forgotten by the EU? I am referring to Catalan, my mother tongue and that of nine million Europeans. Is there any other parliament in the world where the president and first vice-president are not able to speak in their own mother tongue?
Should the Union be more efficient as regards its budget? With apologies to interpreters and translators, if Europe is not in favour of real language plurality, we should save money by using only one official language: English."@en1
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