Brussels, 29/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - In an open letter, Luxembourg MEP Astrid Lulling explains that more and more Luxemburgers are calling for their language to be given official status in the European Union. She says that pressure has been rising since Irish Gaelic became an official EU language with the 13 June 2005 Council decision amending the status of official languages under the 15 April 1968 regulation. The Luxembourg Christian Democrat adds that it would certainly not be appropriate to spend millions of euros translating the speeches of MEPs and ministers into Luxemburgish (especially because Luxemburgers can all read, write and speak French, German and even English), but all the same, Luxemburgish could be given official status. This would recognise that Luxemburgish is the national language, as stipulated in Luxembourg's Constitution, with attendant rights like all other languages, but at the same time, she says Luxembourg should decide on its own initiative to give up certain prerogatives like having EU legislation translated into Luxemburgish and the option of making speeches in Luxemburgish at the Council and Parliament. She concludes that Luxemburgish would become a kind of 'tacit' official language, with greater visibility on EP greeting cards, for example, which include greetings in all the national languages of the Member States.