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Let’s act against the decline of linguistic rights in EU!
Let’s act against the decline of linguistic diversity in Europe & for the promotion of national and linguistic minority rights!” called the conference held on the 7th of September in the European Parliament. The cross-party Conference, which aimed to bring together actors and stakeholders working for the promotion and protection of linguistic diversity and national and linguistic minority rights, was
UN Special Procedures issues official communication to France
UN Special Procedures have issued an official communication to the French state noting their concerns over discrimination against territorial languages following the Constitutional Court’s intervention against the Molac Law in July 2021. The Communication is a follow-up to the European Language Equality Network’s letter of allegation sent to the UN Special Rapporteur for Minorities in 2021. The Communication was tabled
New training programmes named after President Sassoli
Parliament’s Bureau agreed to strengthen the institution’s support to journalists with a new scholarship scheme and training programmes for young journalists. The aim is to deepen journalists’ understanding of EU affairs, help the participants to gain relevant experience and enrich the European media sector while ensuring editorial freedom. The European Parliament’s Bureau, comprising the President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors, adopted the
FUEN CoFoE in Flensburg: Minorities give EU a clear work order
What can the European Union do to ensure that its minorities enjoy better rights? “It is the EU’s damned duty that the results of conferences like this do not end up in the dustbin of European history”, said Karl-Heinz Lambertz at the Conference on the Future of Europe organised by FUEN in Flensburg/Flensborg on 28 March. The President of the
Aggression is confrontation with Europe: speech of President Metsola on Ukraine
“Dear President of the European Council, Dear President of the European Commission, Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Dear friends, The scenes in Ukraine are difficult to witness – while we hoped and worked to promote a process of de-escalation, our fears and warnings were tragically realised this morning. President Putin has unleashed war in Europe. This is outrageous. Cities, regions,
Roberta Metsola is the new EP president
MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2024, with 458 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in the remote secret vote, among three candidates. At the beginning of the day’s proceedings, Kosma
President Sassoli to be honoured in Plenary
European Parliament President David Sassoli passed away earlier today in Aviano (Italy), where he had been hospitalised since 26 December. A Member of the European Parliament since 2009, he was elected President in July 2019 for the first half of the legislature. President Sassoli adopted extraordinary measures enabling the European Parliament to carry out its duties and exercise its prerogatives
Discover Szeklerland!
Date: 7 December Time: 19:00 Venue: Liszt Institute Brussels Treurenberg 10, 1000 Brussels Discover the Szekler culture through a special evening with the concert of Koszika & TheHotshots and the launch of the English edition of the book The Szeklers: An Illustrated History. Koszika Funky fills and rhythms, jazzy-bluesy chords, spacey reggae feel, ethno-folk or even drum and bass influences
FUEN welcomes german commitment to minorities, linguistic diversity
Positive news for the Minority SafePack Initiative (MSPI): The coalition agreement presented yesterday by the new government of SPD, FDP and the Greens in Germany contains passages on minority protection as well as a clear commitment to the MSPI. Specifically, it states: “The national minorities – the Danish minority, the Frisian ethnic group, the German Sinti and Roma as well
Conference on the Future of Europe
The Conference on the Future of Europe is a citizen-led series of debates and discussions that will enable people from across Europe to share their ideas and help shape our common future. The Conference is the first of its kind: as a major pan-European democratic exercise, it offers a new public forum for an open, inclusive, and transparent debate with