Europe: Parliament split over language teaching

[Francis Hult]

EurActiv

 

Parliament split over language teaching

 

The European Parliament yesterday (24 March) agreed that more must be done to encourage Europeans to learn foreign languages. But the EU assembly was divided over how far the Union should go in backing minority language teaching.

 

Parliamentarians voting on a report drafted by Portuguese centre-right MEP Vasco Graça Moura (EPP-ED) instead approved an alternative resolution - tabled by the Spanish Socialists (PSOE) and Spanish regional parties CiU, PNV, EA and ICV. 

 

Full story:

http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/parliament-split-language-teaching/article-180629

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