Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-04-Speech-4-018"

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dcterms:Date	"2003-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Regional and lesser-used languages – enlargement and cultural diversity2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030904.2.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-04-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PETI (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, the European Constitution says that European values include that of preserving and developing linguistic diversity. Today is therefore a particularly well chosen time to present the report on regional languages and cultural diversity. I want to thank my fellow MEP, Mr Ebner for all the hard work he has done. As many in this House have pointed out, we now need practical efforts in order to make further progress with this work. I believe that, as Mr Ebner said, developments will increase the need for measures on our part. It is important for us to share our various experiences of linguistic diversity and language learning. I therefore believe it important for a relevant institute to be set up. I nonetheless believe that there is no great difference between how matters look at present and what is discussed in the report, where there is explicit talk about what are called language baths. This is an extremely good method, which has been used to good effect in South Tyrol, Catalonia and Finland. I see no mention of it in the Commission’s action plan, but I am glad the plan states that the universities must review their language policies so that English is not so dominant. I want, however, to emphasise that we must investigate, and go more deeply into, the issue of an institute for linguistic diversity and language learning. I am convinced that such an institute is needed. I also wish to thank the Commissioner for mentioning the conference in Finland. We learned a lot at this conference, lessons I hope may also be taken on board by Parliament."@en1

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