European CommissionFeb 21

On International Mother Language Day, we celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity that defines our Union, as well as the importance of protecting and promoting mother tongues across Europe.

The EU is home to:
🌍 24 official languages
🎉 60 regional or minority languages spoken by 40 million people

Multilingualism is a founding principle of our Union and part of what makes our continent so vibrant.

This diversity is our strength.

Show threadⓋ Gregory Trolliet Ⓐ🔻 🇵🇸Feb 21
@EUCommission Top tier propaganda 👏
Show threadA Sardinian Abroad
@faket @EUCommission
So, what's your point?
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Show threadⓋ Gregory Trolliet Ⓐ🔻 🇵🇸Feb 21
@ASardinianAbroad @EUCommission My point is that, while some languages are promoted inside UE, some aren’t welcome.
So yes, unbreakable bond, if you’re white and do not come from too far away.
Show threadAdelinaFeb 21
@faket @ASardinianAbroad @EUCommission I don't experience it like this, in my EU country schools offer special classes for students who speak a different native language at home, my own town offers a total of 55 languages currently, the following languages are the top 5: Arabic, Assyrian, Somali, Bosnian, and English. If all these 55 languages were not welcome why is the state investing so much in giving kids access to tuition in their native languages?
Show threadⓋ Gregory Trolliet Ⓐ🔻 🇵🇸Feb 21
@bluishgreen @ASardinianAbroad @EUCommission Because even if not welcome, some are passing through Frontex and other national borders.
Show threadA Sardinian AbroadFeb 21
@faket @EUCommission that's a good point.
Language represents the identity of a people, so I support the full recognition of all languages that define identity.
Show threadⓋ Gregory Trolliet Ⓐ🔻 🇵🇸Feb 21

@ASardinianAbroad @EUCommission Yeah, of course, but at least here in french speaking European country (but my guess would be that that’s the same for other languages), we did all we could to suppress all local languages for the sake of the nation. Now we are accepting some others languages but some are well accepted, others not that much.

UE saying that "Multilingualism is a founding principle of our Union" while killing immigrants on the Mediterranean See is abject.