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Promoting languages in Europe

The Civil Society Platform to Promote Multilingualism was set up in 2009 to help achieve the objectives of Communication 2008/566 on 'Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment pdf - 79 KB [79 KB] '

Policy recommendations for the promotion of multilingualism in the European Union

The Platform has published a report with recommendations to the Commission, EU governments and regional administrations on topics including:

  • language learning support for immigrants
  • the role of translation in making European literary heritage widely accessible
  • setting up a language observatory to collect data on languages and language use in Europe.

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