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". – As the honourable Member would expect, the Commission has been following the recent developments on the bilingual regime in Istria with close interest, although the issue has rightly been treated as a bilateral matter by the Italian Government. Protection of minorities through safeguards against discrimination, access to education in minority languages and preservation of minority cultures have always been an important element of EU conditionality in our relations with Croatia.
Our commitment to such safeguards was reiterated and formalised in the stability and association agreement with Croatia, initialled by the Commission on 14 May. Croatia has renewed its commitment to respect its minority population and cultures and the adoption of national legislation supporting the use of minority languages was one of the first achievements of the new Croatian Government last year. Since then the draft of a new comprehensive constitutional law on the protection of minorities has received a favourable opinion from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and work on the issue is continuing.
The Commission has every reason to believe that Croatia will apply this legislation seriously. Meanwhile we are looking forward to the opinion of the Croatian Constitutional Court on the Istrian statute. We are confident that Croatia and Italy will find a successful solution to the specific problems referred to in the honourable Member's question."@en1
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