Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-12-Speech-3-215"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Immigrant communities' integration in Europe2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051012.19.3-215"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-12-Speech-3-2162
lpv:speaker	lp:Christa Prets2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, the promotion and protection of linguistic diversity are major issues in the European Union, as is migration. If both linguistic diversity and migration coincide, then the European Parliament has to have something to say about it, and for that reason I am grateful to Mr Portas for taking the initiative in this way. There are many ways to integrate, and language and the promotion of it are the gate that leads to all of them. Experts in languages tell us that the learning of both the mother tongue and the national language need to be promoted if people are to integrate and develop their own personalities, and I agree with them. Progress at school is an important element in integration, and that too is dependent not only on the acquisition of the country’s language, but also on developing knowledge of the mother tongue. Action is needed, though, if this is to happen, and it will need to include such things as targeted teaching materials, staff with inter-cultural skills and, ideally, teaching staff who originate from the host country but have knowledge of the languages of the nations most represented among immigrants. Not least, the children’s legal guardians – by which I mean their parents above all – must play their part. I would observe that it is very important that women in general and mothers in particular should take part in these integration and education projects, for they are best able to communicate with their children and thereby help their own integration. The absolute priority, though, both for the children and their parents, if their social and economic integration is to benefit, is the learning of the host country’s language. Something else that would play an important part would be a European Internet portal, a sort of ‘think tank’ or a network of experts, through which examples of best practice could be passed on, enabling many people to learn from one another over the Internet."@en1

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