Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-11-24-Speech-2-512"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-11-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Use of minority languages within the framework of the European cultural heritage (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091124.39.2-512"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-11-24-Speech-2-5132
lpv:speaker	lp:Kay Swinburne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as a Member of the European Parliament for Wales, I have a lot of sympathy for the many minority languages across Europe, particularly as my mother tongue is Welsh, one of the oldest European languages still in use. Numerically, the situation of Hungarian speakers in Slovakia is very similar to that of Welsh speakers in Wales, in excess of half a million individuals. This equates, however, to 20% of the people in Wales but less than 2% of the UK population. After many hundreds of years of pushing and pulling between English- and Welsh-speakers in Wales and arguments very similar to those now between Slovak and Hungarian speakers today, a happy coexistence has been achieved in Wales. The revival of the Welsh language over the past 15 years since devolution has been meteoric. The positive attitude to the language has had huge cultural benefits. In Wales, the key has been to take a pragmatic approach. We should aim for people to be able to speak in whatever language they feel most comfortable in, but without causing undue burden or cost. For example, I intend to finish my comments in Welsh although I would not want to incur the cost to taxpayers of simultaneous translation here in Parliament for the benefit of just two Welsh-speaking MEPs. However, diversity should be celebrated."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2012-03-27)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-10-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-09-07--2010-06-23)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker spoke in Welsh)"1 "Kay Swinburne (ECR )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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