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"Mr President, today is European Day of Languages. We are celebrating the language diversity that is part of our cultural heritage and makes for a richer society. Even as a young girl, I knew the following proverb: ‘The number of languages you speak is the number of times you are human’. This proverb also appears to be known on the Commission website where Commissioner Figel' makes a statement. That should encourage this House to give maximum support to sound programmes that promote the teaching of languages to as many people as possible.
We in this House should, however, also realise that compliance with internal rules in the area of language diversity is an expression of respect for each human being and contributes to our institution’s democratic functioning. That is why I think it important, even though I do not have much time available to me, to draw your special attention to two issues.
First of all, we must continue to make every effort in order to give all those who work in our House, Members and officials, the opportunity of attending language courses and secondly, you must encourage our officials to continue to respect our internal language rules to the letter and spirit. Whatever we do, we must not slip into the example the Council has given us, in the light of ..."@en1
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