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EBLUL wishes to inform you that at a meeting of its Board of Directors on January 27 2010, following an internal consultation process with all its’ member State Committees, has decided to end the organisation after a quarter century of promoting the cause of Lesser Used Languages in the EU. This is in large part because the funding mechanism of such an organisational model is not suitable in current circumstances.
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The legacy of EBLUL, a speech given by Dr. Fernand de Varennes at the Dublin PfD conference in 2006.
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A packed Intergroup meeting led by Ms Kinga Gál on Thursday (11th February) heard from the Cabinet of the new Commissioner for Justice (Viviane Reding) on the possibilities afforded by the Lisbon Treaty, and Davyth Hicks from Eurolang, who called for the abolition of discrimination against Europe’s national and linguistic minorities.
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60,000 people, according to the organizers Queremos Galego, 30,000 according to the police, marched through the Galician capital Santiago de Compostela on January 21st to protest against a proposed bill that will reduce the amount of Galician provision from 50% to 33 % - introducing English in its place.
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The European Parliament national and linguistic minority Intergoup met in Strasbourg on Thursday welcoming presentations from the Council of Europe, agreeing on a new name, and issuing a statement on the Lisbon Treaty.
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The European Parliament Intergroup for Traditional National Minorities, Constitutional Regions and Regional Languages had its first constitutive meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday (17th December), electing two co-chairs and three vice-chairs.
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200,000 people, over 30% of the potential electorate, from 168 towns and villages across Catalonia voted on Sunday in an emblematic referendum organised by civil society on whether Catalonia becomes independent.
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