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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8208

9 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ombudsman
World Esperanto Association (UEA) files complaint against Commission for linguistic discrimination

Brussels, 08/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The World Esperanto Association (UEA) has filed a complaint with Ombudsman Jacob Söderman for linguistic discrimination against thousands of people who, while having a good or even excellent knowledge of English, cannot be recruited in one of the 2500 organisations located in Brussels because the latter require "English mother tongue" and "English native speaker". According to Professor Corsetti, UEA President, this discrimination runs counter to...

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