Minister Plasterk endorses Dutch as main language in the Kingdom

[Francis Hult]

The Daily Herald

 

Minister Plasterk endorses Dutch as main language in the Kingdom

 

The Netherlands will not force Saba and St. Eustatius to implement Dutch as the language of instruction in schools once the islands are integrated in the Dutch Constellation. However, Dutch Education Minister Ronald Plasterk is encouraging students to master the Dutch language before engaging in studies in the Netherlands. 

 

"Dutch binds us in the Kingdom. If we don't speak the language in the Kingdom, we'll lose what connects us," said Plasterk during a gathering of the Antillean organisation Vereniging Antilliaans Netwerk VAN in Amsterdam Friday evening. He said he hoped that the new countries Curaçao and St. Maarten would become members of the so-called 'Taal Unie,' the language union, since this will contribute to the sense of unity in the Dutch Kingdom. 

 

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