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"Mr President, a few days ago, this Parliament’s Bureau rejected the use of Catalan and the other co-official languages of the Spanish State between the citizens and this institution, which should be the institution closest to and most representative of their interests.
The Spanish Government’s proposal is already a reality in other European institutions: in the Council of Ministers, in the Commission and in the Committee of the Regions, where it already operates quite normally.
The proposal implies no cost for Parliament and it is clearly not at the expense of the implementation of the other official languages of the new member countries. In fact, this initiative would help to bring the citizens closer to the European institutions.
The General Union of Workers, one of Spain’s largest unions, has therefore embarked upon a campaign calling for support for this initiative, because it believes that it would promote social cohesion. As a defender of cultural diversity, the European Parliament cannot and must not be the only institution not to implement this right of more than twelve million citizens.
Incidentally, did you know that Catalan is the fourth most widely used language in the forum for debate that the Commission has put in place on the future of Europe?
I would ask you please to look once again at this request in the Bureau, because it would help to bring the citizens closer to Europe and to all of their fellow citizens."@en1
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