ELEN Press Releases
Comunicació d’ELEN sobre el judici a la presidenta del Parlament català, Carme Forcadell.
ELEN, la Xarxa Europea per la Igualtat de les Llengües (European Language Equality Network), l'organització europea que treballa per promoure i protegir les llengües minoritzades a Europa, desitja expressar la seva consternació amb l'Estat espanyol en els judicis...
Evit Breizh digor hag a-unan e c’halv Kevre Breizh da drec’hiñ Marine Le Pen
K E M E N N A D E N N / C O M M U N I Q U É (En français en-dessous) 1añ a viz Mae - 1er mai 2017 Evit Breizh digor hag a-unan e c'halv Kevre Breizh da drec'hiñ Marine Le Pen Keodediz ar bed dre Ziskleriadur Hollvedell Gwirioù Mabden a zo o diazez, izili ar...
Declaració d’ELEN sobre el nou cas de discriminació lingüística de 25 d’abril de 2017
La Xarxa Europea per la Igualtat Lingüística, ELEN (Equality Language European Network) manifesta la seua solidaritat amb la vicepresidenta de la Diputació de València, Maria Josep Amigó, que va ser obligada a identificar-se davant de la policia espanyola, pel simple...
Présidentielles 2017 : Le Réseau Européen pour l’Égalité des Langues souligne le risque de repli national et de rejet de la diversité.
COMMUNIQUÉ - 18 avril 2017 Les organisations représentatives du Réseau Européen pour l'Égalité des Langues (ELEN) en France ont interpellé les candidats aux élections présidentielles, à l'exception de Mme Le Pen, sur leurs objectifs au regard du respect des droits...
The Donostia Protocol, the new instrument to ensure minoritised language rights, to be launched on December 17th.
On 17 December 2016 the Donostia Protocol, drafted by a committee of organisations including Linguapax, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), the Council of Social Organisations of the Basque Language (Kontseilua), the European Centre for Minority...
ELEN General Assembly backs calls for new measures to promote and protect lesser-used languages, and supports Donostia Protocol.
Delegates to the ELEN Barcelona General Assembly discussed the new ELEN recommendations for protecting lesser-used languages with MEPs and the Council of Europe. The recommendations were drawn up following the June hearing in the European Parliament on language...
Interview with the new ELEN President, Ferran Suay
Following his election as President of ELEN at the Barcelona General Assembly, Prof. Ferran Suay gave the interview ('Language rights must be considered as part of human rights') below (in Catalan). Written by Manuel Lillo i Usechi for the El Temps newspaper. Ferran...
“EU cannot ignore the diversity of identities, languages and peoples of its territory”, Carme Forcadell at the ELEN General Assembly
ELEN delegates received a warm Catalan welcome at FC Barcelona’s Camp Nou from Catalan Parliament President Carme Forcadell, FC Barcelona director Jordi Moix, and Plataforma per le Llengua President Oscar Escuder, on Saturday. Catalan Parliament President, Carme...
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont launches the ELEN 2016 Barcelona General Assembly.
ELEN delegates were invited to the Palau de la Generalitat on Friday by the Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to launch the European Language Equality Network 2016 General Assembly, set to be held at the FC Barcelona football stadium Camp Nou on Saturday. The...
ELEN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IV TO BE HELD AT FC BARCELONA
Representatives of regional, minoritised and endangered languages are gathering from across Europe for the IV European Language Equality Network (ELEN) General Assembly on Saturday 5th November which this year will be held in FC Barcelona’s world famous Camp Nou...
Video of the ELEN Hearing on Language Discrimination in the EU.
The full video of the June 1st European Parliament/ ELEN Hearing on language discrimination in the EU, hosted by Liadh Ní RIada MEP and the EFA parliamentary group, is now available in six languages (French, English, Welsh, Catalan, Irish, Spanish)....
NGOs join forces to condemn negative effect of Brexit on Celtic languages.
NGOs have joined forces to condemn the negative effects of Brexit on the Celtic languages. In a statement issued in August the main Celtic language NGOs in the UK, members of ELEN, have united against a possible UK exit from the EU pointing to the loss of billions in...