Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-05-04-Speech-2-222"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-05-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom and security for Union citizens2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040504.9.2-222"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-05-04-Speech-2-2232
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_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, in our solemn speeches, we say that we are all minorities in the EU. What is good about this is that no one can bully any other group. The monitoring of minority rights was an important part of the negotiations on enlargement, yet there is no policy for linguistic minorities in the EU. We have demanded more of the present candidate countries than we did of previous ones. The situation in Cyprus following the referendum was also the most recent demonstration of the need we have for minimum rules governing the way in which ethnic and linguistic minorities are treated and governing the rights that must exist. It is therefore important that respect for diversity be a feature of the adopted Constitution and that the EU subscribe not only to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights but also to the Council of Europe’s conventions on minorities: both the framework convention and the Charter for Regional Languages. In that way, the EU would quickly obtain a yardstick for policy in relation to minorities. It should be possible to deal with infringements of minority rights in accordance with Article 7 of our present Treaty, in which case a Member State’s own rights would be revoked if it infringed minority rights. It is now time for the EU to go the whole way and recognise linguistic diversity, as well as possessing a genuine strategy for respecting such diversity."@en1

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