European Parliament
A6-0074/2006
Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE ). –
(IT)
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I just wanted to say that we are about to vote on a fantastic resolution on the promotion of multilingualism in Europe, which will undoubtedly be approved by a large majority of this Parliament. At times, unfortunately, contradictions arise between what Parliament does and what Parliament says: yesterday, the Bureau rejected the possibility of European citizens addressing our institution in a language with equal official status, contrary to the positions taken in the Council and the Commission. I believe that that is completely at odds with what we are about to vote on, and we, as a group, will appeal.
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