Pierre Encrevé on the 'other languages of France'

The linguist Pierre Encrevé, professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), considers that minority and regional languages are not sufficiently defended in France. "As long as it is not designated in one way or another in the Constitution, our irreplaceable cultural heritage will be in danger. ... For all those who deplore the fact that France, always speaking up in defence of cultural diversity and multilingualism, should today be one of the  last countries of the European Union yet to ratify the European Charter of regional and minority languages. What counts is that a modification of the Constitution finally allows this ratification. ... It is necessary for Members of Parliament to reformulate line 1 of paragraph 2 with an indisputably democratic affirmation: 'The language of the Republic is French, with respect for all the other languages in France'."

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