ELEN Press Releases
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...
ELEN, Åland Isles and South Tyrol Governments, take joint position on Sat-Cab Directive on language issue.
The Åland Isles, South Tyrol Governments and ELEN have signed a joint position paper on the EU's forthcoming Satellite and Cable Directive revision proposals. The paper, which was sent to the Commission in June, and subsequently supported by the Hungarian Government,...
The Digital Language Diversity Project (DLDP) has launched the first ever survey into the digital needs of European lesser-used language speakers.
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Language Diversity Project's (DLDP) survey into the digital needs of four lesser-used European languages: Basque, Breton, Karelian and Sardinian. Over the next few weeks the DLDP project will be sending out...
Le Comité des Droits économiques sociaux et culturels des Nations Unies demande à la France de respecter les droits individuels et collectifs des locuteurs de langues régionales dans la vie publique et privée.
Suite à l'intervention ELEN en Juin, le Comité des Droits économiques sociaux et culturels des Nations Unies demande (juin 24) à la France de respecter les droits individuels et collectifs des locuteurs de langues régionales dans la vie publique et privée. (Following...
An open letter – Llythyr agored – Lyther ygor – Litir oscailte – Litir fhosgailte. Our language communities benefit from our membership of the European Union.
An open letter - Our language communities benefit from our membership of the European Union. We the undersigned, as representatives of the indigenous lesser-used...
Language groups from Britain and Ireland support staying in European Union. Brexit “potentially disastrous” for UK’s lesser-used languages.
An alliance of language groups from across Britain and Ireland, backed by the European Language Equality Network (ELEN), have today released a joint letter supporting the campaign to stay in the European Union, pointing to major cultural, legal, and economic...