Brussels, 30/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - In response to a European Commission communication, an own initiative resolution, adopted by the European Parliament on Tuesday 24 March by 335 votes to 279, with 69 abstentions, highlights the need to support language learning in Europe, and this includes regional and minority languages. MEPs lay particular importance on maintaining multilingualism in those areas where two or more official languages co-exist.
Linguistic competence allows citizens to...