Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-03-Speech-4-100"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010503.5.4-100"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-03-Speech-4-1012
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Four small countries in Europe are multilingual. They are Belgium, Switzerland, Moldavia and Macedonia. In part of the country, a large majority of the inhabitants speak a language which is the same as, or related to, that in the neighbouring country. The same applies to another section of the population, but involves a completely different language. In many cases, the inhabitants dislike the fact that they are being cut off from their same-language neighbours and wonder why they are still part of a state which unites them with another area of which they can hardly understand the language, if at all. Anyone who wants to keep such countries united, must ensure that there are no second-class citizens, no winners or losers, nor subordinates. This can only be done if the people are governed and educated in the majority language of their part of the country. Since the Macedonian government has not yet come to this realisation, it is driving part of its inhabitants to despair. It does pride itself on the presence of Albanian ministers, but does not ensure collective equality as it is in place in Belgium and Switzerland. Granting financial aid now and promising the country EU membership could lull that government into thinking that it need not solve that problem, and that it can ignore the anger of a large section of the population. By granting this premature aid, we are inciting unintended state violence."@en1

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