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In this paper, a study is conducted of the modifications that the linguisticregime of the EU has undergone since enlargement in 2004 until entry intoforce of the Treaty of Lisbon. In regard to official and working languages,the recognition of Maltese and Irish is in part striking. They are languagesthat enjoy official statuts in all the territory of a Member State. Consequently,to ensure legal certainty, it was not essential to recognize them within EUinstitutions. Although this recognition expresses a greater respect for linguisticdiversity, it makes more profound the inequality and disproportion in theUnion’s language policy. In regard to so-called regional or minority languages,attitudes and achievements have been ambivalent. The most promisinginnovation is the specific recognition that the Lisbon Treaty gives to supportof languages which, in accordance with the corresponding constitutionalorder, enjoy official status in part of the territory of the Member States. Infact, the treaty commits the EU to pay a special attention to these languages.In this regard, they should be provided with an ad hoc status, since, of allthe regional or minority languages, they are the most affected by Europeanintegration. |
