European Parliament
María Esther Herranz García (PPE-DE ). –
(ES)
Mr President, to some people’s annoyance it would seem, there has been press freedom in Spain for a long time. While some radio stations invent suicide bombers, therefore, others are busy providing serious information. I am aware, thanks to COPE, that on 29 November of last year, the President of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja sent you a letter, Mr President, asking you to cooperate and actively to defend Spanish, in the knowledge that the Commission had cut the number of translators and interpreters in that language by 33%.
That letter was sent to President Zapatero, as well as Commissioner Almunia, but none of you have done anything to defend Spanish on this occasion. I would therefore ask you, in order not to discriminate against the Spanish compared to the other citizens of the Union, to do something in support of the language you and I share, because you have been elected to this House on a Spanish list.

