Articles in Eurolang

[Harold F. Schiffman]

EU ELECTIONS: HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION SEES NO HOPE FOR MINORITIES WITHOUT
MEANINGFUL EU LANGUAGE LEGISLATION Koloszvár / Cluj 6/3/2004 by Áron Balló

The future Hungarian Members of the European Parliament are known for their
sensitivity towards national and language minority protection. There is not
much difference between the Hungarian political parties' position, whether
in government or opposition.


HERRITARREN ZERRANDA SET THE EU ELECTIONS ALIGHT FOR A UNITED BASQUE
COUNTRY VOTE
Brussel / Bruxelles 6/2/2004 by Davyth Hicks

While the EU elections may not be a burning issue for many, in the Basque
Country the process has been set alight by an initiative from Herritarren
Zerrenda (HZ), a left wing nationalist coalition, which raises the
possibility for European Parliament candidates to be voted on from across
the Basque Country - both North and South, so holding the elections across
state boundaries.



EU ELECTIONS: ITALIAN PARTIES HAVE LITTLE MENTION OF ETHNIC AND NATIONAL MINORITIES
Udin 6/1/2004 by Max Mauro

Most of the bigger Italian parties neither discuss the issue of language
rights nor national minorities in their manifestoes for the European
elections to be held on June 12th. This is what comes out from looking at
the political programmes presented over the past few weeks.



EU ELECTIONS HUNGARY: RULING PARTIES SEE ENLARGEMENT AS A MEANS TO EXTEND
EU'S MINORITY RIGHTS PROTECTION Koloszvár / Cluj 5/31/2004 by Áron Balló

Hungarian Members of the European Parliament are committed to push the EU
towards guaranteeing institutionalised national, ethnic and language
minority protection. Eurolang's Aron Balló reviews the position of Hungary's
ruling parties on minorities in the run up to the EU election. Aron's next
piece will look at what the opposition parties have to offer.



CLRAE CALLS FOR A EUROPEAN CHARTER OF REGIONAL SELF- GOVERNMENT BY 2005
Brussel / Bruxelles 5/30/2004 by Simone Klinge

During the 11th plenary session of the Congress of Local and Regional
Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) in Strasbourg held last week, the newly
elected President for the next two years, Giovanni Di Stasi, is supporting
his predecessor, Herwig van Staa, on the adoption of a Charter of Regional
Self-Government in 2005. However, speaking to Eurolang, Basque Vice
President, Gorka Knörr, is critical of existing regional powers and the
Draft Constitution process in general: "We are really upset with the
constitutional process of the EU, since that process doesn't take into
account the role of the constitutional regions, in our case stateless
nations, such as the Basque Country, Catalonia, Scotland, Galicia, for
example."


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