“EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF LINGUISTIC DISCRIMINATION”
2nd of July, 2007
14.30 – OPENING SPEECH: Giorgio PAGANO, secretary of ERA onlus, Association for Linguistic Democracy.
14.40 – Projection of the short film “In tram” written and directed by the Italian director Filippo SOLDI, about the risks and consequences of speaking English in Italy.
14.55 – Chairman: Johan HÄGGMAN, EU Commission
15.00 – Ina DRUVIETE, Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia, Professor of General Linguistics, University of Latvia, Ex Minister of Education and Science (2004-2006), ex-head of Human Rights and Social Affairs Commission (2002-2006).
15.20 – François GRIN, professor of Economics at the Faculty of Interpreters and Translators, University of Geneva
16.20 – Hugo BAETENS BEARDSMORE, Professeur à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles
3rd of July 2007
9.00 – Introduction and Chairman: Henrik LAX, MEP
9.20 – Johan HÄGGMAN, EU Commission
9.40 – Simone KLINGE, Council of Europe, Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
10.00 – Michael KRAUSS, Linguist: “The Dynamics of Language Extinction”
10.20 – Tangi LOUARN, President of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL), FRANCE
10.40 – Jean-Loup CUISINIEZ, French syndicalist of the CFTC – Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens, spokesman of the corporate “Le droit de travailler en français en France”, expert in linguistic discrimination: “Linguistic discrimination on-the-job: politics to adopt, judicial ways to follow”.
11.00 – Federico GUIGLIA, Journalist and author of “Sulla punta della lingua”: Come il francese, l’inglese, il portoghese, lo spagnolo e il tedesco affrontano la sfida del mondo. E l’italiano?
Guiglia will analyse the Italian case and the loss of domain of the Italian language towards English.
11.20 – CLOSING REMARKS: Marco CAPPATO, MEP
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2-3 July 2007
room ASP 3G32nd of July, 2007
14.30 – OPENING SPEECH: Giorgio PAGANO, secretary of ERA onlus, Association for Linguistic Democracy.
14.40 – Projection of the short film “In tram” written and directed by the Italian director Filippo SOLDI, about the risks and consequences of speaking English in Italy.
14.55 – Chairman: Johan HÄGGMAN, EU Commission
15.00 – Ina DRUVIETE, Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia, Professor of General Linguistics, University of Latvia, Ex Minister of Education and Science (2004-2006), ex-head of Human Rights and Social Affairs Commission (2002-2006).
15.20 – François GRIN, professor of Economics at the Faculty of Interpreters and Translators, University of Geneva
15.40 – Fernand DE VARENNES, Professor at Murdoch University, Australia and Senior Researcher with ECMI (European Centre for Minority Issues)
16.00 – Diego CORRAINE, Coordinator of « Ufficio Lingua Sarda »
16.20 – Hugo BAETENS BEARDSMORE, Professeur à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles
16.40 – Bojan BREZIGAR, Direktor Primorski dnevnik
17.00 – Miquel STRUBELL, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Professor, Estudis de Llengües i Cultures
17.20 – Claude HAGEGE, Professor of Linguistics at the “Collège de France” since 1988
17.40 – 18.00 GENERAL DEBATE, in the presence of Marco PANNELLA, MEP
3rd of July 2007
9.00 – Introduction and Chairman: Henrik LAX, MEP
9.20 – Johan HÄGGMAN, EU Commission
9.40 – Simone KLINGE, Council of Europe, Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
10.00 – Michael KRAUSS, Linguist: “The Dynamics of Language Extinction”
10.20 – Tangi LOUARN, President of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL), FRANCE
10.40 – Jean-Loup CUISINIEZ, French syndicalist of the CFTC – Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens, spokesman of the corporate “Le droit de travailler en français en France”, expert in linguistic discrimination: “Linguistic discrimination on-the-job: politics to adopt, judicial ways to follow”.
11.00 – Federico GUIGLIA, Journalist and author of “Sulla punta della lingua”: Come il francese, l’inglese, il portoghese, lo spagnolo e il tedesco affrontano la sfida del mondo. E l’italiano?
Guiglia will analyse the Italian case and the loss of domain of the Italian language towards English.
11.20 – CLOSING REMARKS: Marco CAPPATO, MEP