Policy Recommendations for the Promotion of Multilingualism in the European Union
The Civil Society Platform on Multilingualism was launched by the European Commission in October 2009. At the inaugural meeting of the Platform, Commissioner Leonard Orban pointed to its key priorities, which are:
- To promote multilingualism for social cohesion and intercultural dialogue;
- To provide opportunities for migrants to learn the language of the host country and to cultivate their own native language at the same time;
- To take advantage of the media which have the potential to open channels for intercultural dialogue;
- To enhance multilingualism policy to secure the rights of all European languages (official, regional, minority, and migrant languages);
- To secure language learning opportunities for all citizen, throughout their lives.
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