15 Amendments of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2013/2007(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the identification between nation state and a single language, or the attempt to establish a process of language replacement in an effort to impose monolingual regimes, is archaic and a restriction and a violation of the European Union's fundamental values;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cohesive multilingual societies that manage their linguistic diversity democratically and sustainably help to foster plurality and are more open and better placed to form part of the richness that linguistic diversity represents;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the situation for some non- hegemonic European languages, which are spoken by cross-border communities and enjoy very different levels of development and protection depending on the Member State or region in which speakers of the language concerned live, reveals that the principle of respect for multilingualism is a value whose implementation varies widely within the Union;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas this type of situation results from the fact that certain Member States insist on upholding archaic notions of political nationalism based on identity between nation state and a single language;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas these disparities imply a restriction on the fundamental rights of European citizens set out in Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the notion of linguistic diversity in the European Union embraces not only official languages, but also co-official languages and languages that are not officially recognised within the Member States, including non-hegemonic languages which link cross-border communities and whose survival could be threatened in some of the states where they are currently spoken;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Community authorities to include effective respect for linguistic diversity, and protection for non- hegemonic European languages in particular, as a condition that must be met by all states wishing to be admitted as an EU Member State;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recommends that the debate on multilingualism in the European Union should be depoliticised, with respect for multilingualism being enshrined in the cultural and democratic acquis of the Member States, promoting language policies to match the benefits which the scientific community agrees should be attributed to early bilingualism, immersion-based education policies and the proven impact of these practices on protection for non-hegemonic European languages;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adapt EU policies and programmes so as to support endangered languages and linguistic diversity using EU financial support tools for the period between 2014 and 2020, including: programmes on education and training, youth and sport, the culture and media programme, the structural funds (cohesion fund, ERDF, ESF, European territorial cooperation, EARDF) and all instruments designed to promote new technologies and multimedia platforms, encompassing support for the generation of both content and applications;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that up to 25% of these funds be earmarked for promoting non- hegemonic cross-border languages with varying levels of protection, with aid being linked to structured cooperation programmes between communities of speakers in different Member States;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recommends that recovery policies for endangered languages should be structured around three pillars that have proved effective in promoting vulnerable languages in the past: a suitable legal status centring, as a minimum, on the recognition of speakers' linguistic rights and a mandate for public authorities to safeguard them, an active language policy to foster knowledge and use of the language, and a willingness on the part of the public and involvement of speakers of the language concerned in a context of social and political consensus;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that the Member States organise or strengthen domestic observatories to monitor the development of non-hegemonic languages, involving both state authorities and the authorities of territories which have their own languages, whether or not these are official languages;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recommends that the task of collecting and analysing data from these observatories and issuing the corresponding recommendations should be given to existing independent organisations which have a proven track record in this field and currently receive European funding, such as the Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity (NPLD);
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to provide constant support, via its various programmes, for transnational networks and European-level initiatives and activities that are designed to promote endangered languages, and emphasises that active participation is needed in order to ensure that UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger remains a permanent fixture and further develop a homogeneous set of indicators that will make it possible to monitor the state of each language and the results of policies being implemented to prevent its disappearance;