Across Europe there remains the overarching need for clear, unambiguous
language legislation that protects our languages at state, European and
international levels.
Therefore, following current best practices, ELEN recommends:
At the State level:
1) That States empower each indigenous language minority in their
jurisdiction with the powers and funding to manage their own language
maintenance and recovery policies.
2) That France, Italy and Greece ratify the European Charter for Regional or
Minority Languages, without further delay.
3) That France responds to the Special Rapporteurs Communication on
regional language education in France, and acts to protect its so-called
“regional” languages.
At the European level:
4) An EU Directive to protects endangered languages and that ensures their
recovery.
At the UN level:
5) Upgrade the UN Declaration on Minorities into a binding UN Convention.
6) That the Convention contains clear unambiguous individual and collective
language rights for indigenous minority language speakers.
I thank you.