Recognition of the Basque Language in EU Law: A Pending Issue?

MILIAN i MASSANA, Antoni

Publication year:

2008

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

978-84-8419-159-9

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Summary

This paper provides an analysis of the European Union´s linguistic legislation and of the effects of the Union´s policy on the position of non-state languages.The European Union´s construction process has followed a transfer of power from the Member States (and the Regions with legislative powers)to the EU institutions,which have their own legislative,administrative and judicial powers. The EU´s impact on the situation of the languages is two-fold and regards the operability of integral plurilingualism applied with an excluding nature as regards non-state languages,and the exercising of the community freedoms of circulation and movement which disfavors non-state languages.