Magazine / Society / Multilingualism / Links | 16/04/2008

Further information

Here you will find links to positions in the debate on multilingualism in the EU and on a standard lingua franca, information on the Brussels translation system and official websites.

Positions

Eckhard Fuhr on "adoptive languages"
» Die Welt (German)

Joachim Fritz-Vannahme on his own personal adoptive language
» Zeit online (German)

Claus Leggewie and Elke Mühlleitner on the dominance of English
» Die Zeit (German)

Interview with the President of the Goethe-Institute, Jutta Limbach, on the project "adoptive language"
» Deutschlandradio Kultur (German)

Olivier Poivre d'Arvor on the threat to French as a world language
» Le Figaro (French)

Appeal by Marco Cappato, Italian member of the European parliament, for multilingualism in the EU
» Blog by Jean Quatremer, Libération (French)

Interview with Catherine Suard, head of the French Cultural Institute in Sofia, on multilingualism
» Euractiv (French, English)

Timothy Garton Ash on multilingualism as a problem in the EU
» The Guardian (English)


Information

Overview of the use of languages in the EU
» Euractiv (German, English, French)

Overview of the multilingual strategy of the EU
» Euractiv (German, English, French)

A portrait of Leonard Orban, EU Commissioner for Multilingualism
» Deutsche Welle (German)

How the EU deals with its 23 official languages
» Die Presse (German)

Cafébabel-Dossier on multilingualism in Europe
» cafebabel.com (German, English, French)

Interview with the linguist Wolfgang Schulze on linguistic diversity in Europe
» Deutsche Welle (German)

Austrian High German is recognised in the EU
» Neue Zürcher Zeitung (German)

Adoption of Maltese as an official EU language
» The Guardian (English)

Article on the Stubb report, EU criticised for wasting money on translations
» The Guardian (English)

Report on the EU's translation policy
» Euractiv (German, English, French)

Italians and Spanish perceive EU sessions as linguistic discrimination
» International Herald Tribune (English)

Polyglot European politicians? Video of Zapatero, Sarkozy and others
» cafebabel.com (German, Spanish)


Official websites

Overview of the EU's official languages
» European Commission (German, English, French and other official languages)

Overview of the EU's linguistic policy
» European Commission (German, English, French and other official languages)

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
» Council of Europe (German, English, French and many regional and minority languages)

Overview of the most important documents on multilingualism in the EU
» Homepage of the EU Commissioner for Multilingualism (German, English, French and other official languages)

EU legislation on multilingualism
» eurLex (German, English, French and other official languages)

Website on the European year of intercultural dialogue
» European Union (German, English, French and other official languages)

Final report of the group of intellectuals for intercultural dialogue
» European Commission (German, English, French and other official languages)

Survey "the Europeans and their languages"
» Eurobarometer (Summary in German, English, French and other official languages)

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