Fwd: Петиция за признание русского языка

[John Dunn]

I believe that this notion originated in the fertile imagination of Dmitrij Rogozin.  It totally contradicts EU language policy and stands as much chance of success as I do of becoming the next President of Russia.  I would have expected better from Mr Rogozin, who in the past has achieved some success in negotiations with the EU (over the Kaliningrad transit arrangements).  Disappointed Slavists may, however, take some comfort from the fact that the Slavonic languages will gain an additional foothold in the EU when Croatia becomes a member next year.

John Dunn.

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli [aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU]
Sent: 19 May 2012 00:33
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Fwd: Петиция за признание русского языка

The European Union has 23 official and working languages. They are: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish. (http://ec.europa.eu/languages/languages-of-europe/eu-languages_en.htm)

Unlike Malta, Russia is not part of the EU. Isn't it a bit heavy-handed to get your foot in the door by sticking your language in the door?

AI

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