European Parliament
Sérgio Marques (PPE-DE ),
in writing
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(PT)
I wish to congratulate Mr Joan i Mari on his important and timely report on a new framework strategy for multilingualism, to which I lend my full backing. I welcome the proposed measures to promote multilingualism in Europe.
The existence of various languages in Europe is a characteristic that is peculiar to the process of European integration and a key component of European culture. The learning of various languages, which is the objective known as ‘mother tongue + 2’ established in the Lisbon Strategy, should be encouraged with a view to facilitating communication between people from different countries and to fostering acceptance of the differences between them.

