Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-12-Speech-3-216"

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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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051012.19.3-216"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-12-Speech-3-2172
lpv:speaker	lp:Manolis Mavrommatis2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; CULT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-09-13--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, immigration flows to the European Union, which increased significantly after the 1980s, confirm the need for special educational support measures to be introduced in the schools of the Member States for children whose mother tongue differs from the language of their social environment. The Member States should therefore support any measure to safeguard linguistic diversity and limit the technical difficulties which prevent the achievement of the objective. The education systems should ensure that all pupils learn foreign languages because the objective of the European Union is and always has been a real multilingual European society. In addition, the aim of action by the institutions within this framework is to guarantee equal education rights to children who speak a different language in their family environment. Any policy which helps wipe out all forms of discrimination is needed. Multilingualism, therefore, has two dimensions. On the one hand, it has a functional role as the tool in achieving communication between people of different origins. On the other hand, it is an important means for shaping a European identity. Moreover, learning and speaking other languages, in addition to our mother tongue, encourages us to be more open towards others, to their cultural values and to their opinions. Multilingualism creates new prospects. It is, without doubt, an important factor in promoting social integration and encouraging sociability in the European Union. In addition, we must not forget that it helps to create a real unified European labour market, offering citizens the possibility to make full use of the right to live, work and study in another Member State. It should therefore be our objective to shape a society in which the percentage of multilingual citizens, as a factor for unifying society as a whole, increases steadily."@en1

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