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Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment

2008/2225(INI)·6th term·CULT / EMPL·INI - Own-initiative procedure·Completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): GRAÇA MOURA Vasco (PPE-DE)
Summary

An own-initiative report on multilingualism as an asset for Europe. Amendments address linguistic and cultural diversity, language skills and freedom of movement, the parity of official languages and resistance to language discrimination, the role of EU institutions and interpretation and translation services, regional, minority and endangered languages, debates over a lingua franca or a common artificial language such as Esperanto, and a European Day of the Translator and Interpreter.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    26 Jan 2009 – 28 Jan 2009
  2. Procedure completed
137
Amendments
distinct, in window
25
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
26 Jan 2009 – 28 Jan 2009
Dates

Official amendment documents

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

25 Members · by amendment count
1
Maria BADIA i CUTCHET
Maria BADIA i CUTCHET
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
15(14 solo)
2
Marco CAPPATO
Marco CAPPATO
ALDE · 🇮🇹 Italy
13(13 solo)
3
Christa PRETS
Christa PRETS
PSE · 🇦🇹 Austria
12(12 solo)
4
Iosif MATULA
Iosif MATULA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
9(9 solo)
5
Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
UEN · 🇵🇱 Poland
8(8 solo)
6
Patrizia TOIA
Patrizia TOIA
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
7(7 solo)
7
Josu ORTUONDO LARREA
Josu ORTUONDO LARREA
ALDE · 🇪🇸 Spain
6(6 solo)
8
László TŐKÉS
László TŐKÉS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇭🇺 Hungary
6(6 solo)
9
Adrian MANOLE
Adrian MANOLE
PPE-DE · 🇷🇴 Romania
6(6 solo)
10
Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU
Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU
PPE-DE · 🇬🇷 Greece
6(6 solo)
11
Mikel IRUJO AMEZAGA
Mikel IRUJO AMEZAGA
Greens / EFA · 🇪🇸 Spain
5(5 solo)
12
Claire GIBAULT
Claire GIBAULT
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
5(5 solo)
13
Michl EBNER
Michl EBNER
PPE-DE · 🇮🇹 Italy
4(4 solo)
14
Ljudmila NOVAK
Ljudmila NOVAK
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇮 Slovenia
4(4 solo)
15
Helga TRÜPEL
Helga TRÜPEL
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany
4(4 solo)
16
Luis HERRERO-TEJEDOR
Luis HERRERO-TEJEDOR
PPE-DE · 🇪🇸 Spain
4(4 solo)
17
Thomas MANN
Thomas MANN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
3(3 solo)
18
Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ
Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ
ALDE · 🇪🇸 Spain
3(2 solo)
19
Sepp KUSSTATSCHER
Sepp KUSSTATSCHER
Greens / EFA · 🇮🇹 Italy
3(3 solo)
20
Marie-Hélène DESCAMPS
Marie-Hélène DESCAMPS
PPE-DE · 🇫🇷 France
2(2 solo)
21
Doris PACK
Doris PACK
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
2(2 solo)
22
Raimon OBIOLS
Raimon OBIOLS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
1
23
Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Greens / EFA · 🇪🇸 Spain
1
24
Vasco GRAÇA MOURA
Vasco GRAÇA MOURA
PPE-DE · 🇵🇹 Portugal
1(1 solo)
25
Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN
Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
1(1 solo)

The amendments, in full text

137 amendments

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