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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11674

24 November 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Social
European Parliament says sign language should have same status as spoken languages
Brussels, 23/11/2016 (Agence Europe)

During a plenary session on Wednesday 23 November in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted on a resolution to enable citizens with impaired hearing or those who are deaf or blind to have the same access as their co-citizens to information, particularly by way of sign language interpretation. The latter should have the same status as a spoken language.

Citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing do not currently have any means of direct communication with MEPs or administrative agents at the...

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