The European Union and minority languages: Evolution, achievements and contradictions in the light of the Treaty of Lisbon

The issue of minorities has long been perceived as an obstacle to European integration. This paper seeks to unravel the complex nature of minority language (ML) policy in the European Union (EU), arguing that a long way has been travelled since 1981. From that moment onwards, the European Parliament...

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Main Author: Lorenzo Piccoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università del Salento 2011-02-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Political Studies
Online Access:http://www.idps.unisi.it/file_download/4/EUMinorityLanguages.pdf