European Parliament
A6-0372/2006
Seán Ó Neachtain (UEN ). –
Mr President, I should like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Joan i Marí, on his report and its contents. I am very much in favour of supporting multilingualism and, in particular, the lesser-used languages.
I will not speak in my native language, Irish, this evening. However, at the beginning of next year, in two part-sessions from now, I will be able to do that with the support of Parliament’s services. I welcome that and look forward to it. It gives meaning to the phrase ‘unity in diversity’, which has been used so much here this evening.
The lesser-used languages of Europe are as important, if not more so, than those which are widely spoken because we must support and strengthen them. That is why I believe we can look forward to unity and cooperation through a common strengthening of our languages.

