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ELEN calls on EU to take action to protect European minoritised languages at the UN Forum for Minority Issues
ELEN has issued a formal statement at the UN Forum for Minority Issues in Geneva calling on the EU to take action to protect European minoritized and endangered languages, something that the EU is required to do under Article 2 of the Lisbon Treaty. The statement,...
ELEN General Assembly 2025: language activists to campaign for EU measures to protect European minoritized languages.
Around 100 delegates representing 182 language activist organisations gathered in Barcelona over the weekend for the 2025 ELEN General Assembly hosted by CIEMEN and supported by the Catalan Government and Barcelona Council. The meeting covered a wide range of issues...
Activistes lingüístics de tota Europa es reuniran a Barcelona per a l’Assemblea General 2025 de l’ELEN
NOTA DE PREMSA Un ampli suport públic a les llengües minoritzades d’Europa fa imprescindible que la UE actuï, afirmen els dirigents de l’ELEN. Prop de 90 delegats que representen 180 organitzacions d’activistes lingüístics de tota Europa es reuniran a Barcelona del 14...
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Good to see the UN Special Rapporteur for Minority Issues, Nicolas Levrat, who is in Brussels conducting the first ever official visit to the EU to examine the bloc’s compliance with standards in minority rights, particularly for minoritised languages.
Judging by what he said in the ELEN meeting yesterday, the situation is, as we know, very poor, with the EU failing across the board to protect minoritised languages, despite this being an obligation under Article 2 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Tomorrow (28/1), at the UN press conference, the official end-of-visit statement will be published, which will give some key insights into his findings and hopefully act as a wake-up call to the EU institutions to get the EU to act to protect and develop our languages.
ELEN has prepared a set of recommendations for the EU for measures to safeguard our languages, which will be delivered to the EU institutions as a follow-up to the UN Special Rapporteur’s visit.
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