8 Amendments of Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI related to 2008/2225(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas languages are the foundation of national cultures and are vital to their survival and development,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. having regard to the alarming speed with which languages become extinct, and with them nations and their cultural wealth,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas it is estimated that in future some 2000 languages (30-40% of the total number) will be seriously threatened with extinction, while the development of almost 5000 languages (more than 80%) is under threat and barely 1000 languages can be seen as having strong long-term prospects for survival,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial role of the EU institutions in ensuring respect for the principle of paritymultilingualism, in relations between Member States as also in EU citizens' relations with national administrations and international institutions and bodies;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the vital importance of preserving the possibility for parents and guardians of choosing the official language in which their children are to be educated in countries with more than one official or regional language;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need, in Member States with more than one official language, to ensure full mutual intelligibility between those languages, especially in relation to senior citizens and to the legal system, health, administration and employment;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Advocates greater support for the international projection of the European languages, which are widely spoken worldwide and constitute an asset for the European project in the light of the key importance of the linguistic, historical and cultural ties between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. ConsiderDemands that the coverage of the language competence indicators should be extended as soon as possible to all the official EU languages, without prejudice to their also being extended to other languages spoken and studied in Europe;