Campaign launched for French as 'legal language of Europe'13.10.2004 - 09:53 CET | By Richard Carter French legal and language experts on Tuesday (12 October) launched a campaign to establish the French language as "the legal language of Europe", according to Le Figaro.
A manifesto to this effect will be sent to the European Council and has been written by Maurice Druon, from the Academie francaise, Jean-Francois Burgelin, the procurer-general of the Supreme Court and the President of the bar, Jean-Marie Burguburu. But the linguists and lawyers have also recruited other non-French personalities to their cause, including a former Italian Foreign Minister and the Romanian Prime Minister. Their aim is to arrest the decline in use of French in the European institutions. According to a report drawn up last year by a French MP, the use of French has been steadily declining since 1995. In 1986, well over half of EU documents (58 percent) were initially drafted in French. By 1997, this figure had declined to 40 percent and is now 30 percent. The French foreign ministry has declared that "the defence of French in Brussels calls upon all our energy". __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/RR.olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> EuroAtlantic Club: http://www.europe.org.ro/euroatlantic_club/ *** Birou de traduceri autorizate. Oana Gheorghiu - tel/fax: 252.8681 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
