language in education, we are to a large degree applying the right to equality without discrimination in education. Without going through the legal arguments – and the issue is still very unsettled – it would seem that not to use a minority language at the appropriate and proportionate level of education where you have sufficiently large minority populations is a form of discrimination. [slides 11, 12, 13] The next overheads describe a number of cases that confirm more or less directly this analysis – including even one from the United States which is interesting though often misunderstood. Senoras y caballeros my time has come. So for the lovely sound of your hammer coming down in the background, Madame la présidente, and for the pleasure of the five minutes spent together with all of you, let me say thank you. [slide 14]

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