Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-04-Speech-4-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Regional and lesser-used languages – enlargement and cultural diversity2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030904.2.4-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-04-Speech-4-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Miquel Mayol i Raynal2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (2001-06-08--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (2001-06-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we must congratulate our colleague, Mr Ebner, on this further resolution from Parliament to promote so-called regional or minority languages. During the European Year of Languages, the Council even went so far as to state that all languages are equal in dignity. That is all very well, but as the joke goes, some are more equal than others. Those that are more equal than others are the official languages of the Union. The others, although equal in dignity, are not equal in law. My national language, Catalan, is spoken by more than 10 million citizens of the European Union. These 10 million people cannot use their own language in their relations with the Union. We are therefore discriminated against in relation to our fellow European citizens. Why? It is because we Catalans have not had our own State since Barcelona was taken by the Franco-Spanish armies on 11 September 1714. We therefore know what has to be done. The democratic exercise of the right to self-determination will one day soon resolve our European linguistic problem. I give you my word."@en1

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