Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-12-Speech-4-175"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Violations of human rights and democracy in the Republic of Mari El in the Russian Federation2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050512.25.4-175"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-12-Speech-4-1762
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, many nations share the same linguistic roots. Connected with that is a respect for one’s native language. Moreover, using one’s own language creates a sense of security. A person’s language is the basis of his or her culture. Culture is language-bound and language is culture-bound. Certain events in the region of Mari El, in Russia, have caused us, as Finno-Ugric linguistic relatives of the Mari people, to focus our attention on the status of minorities and minority languages in Russia. This is also a matter of democracy. Democracy is not just about voting. Democracy also means working on issues with others and being able to use one’s own language. The events that have taken place in Mari El, which are clearly associated with violence and human rights violations, need to be made the subject of a local criminal investigation. This will increase Russia’s credibility as a state subject to the rule of law. There are three Finno-Ugric nation states in the European Union, and in addition there are three million people representing the Finno-Ugric nations in Russia. There are seven countries in Europe with populations smaller than that of the Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia. These representatives of the Finno-Ugric nations in Russia are, however, spread over many regions in a large country. In this connection, we could talk far more generally about safeguarding the position of minorities and languages in Russia. We hope that the state authorities in Russia will give more support than they do now to school attendance and studying in one’s own language. Cultural and linguistic diversity is a source of immense wealth in Russia, and we hope that it will be exploited better than it is now, and more than it is now."@en1

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