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alan · Administrateur Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,117

For English speakers, I must inform them that we have got a very hard debate, these days, about the place of so-called "regional" languages in the French republic.

Jurassic arguments and insults have been used against us by French representatives, by the "Académie Française", by the Senate, by professors, journalists, and some people over many forums.

The people is very intelligent: despite of this and centuries long propaganda, about 70% of all French republic 's people seem to be in favour of us.
Sarkozy, which I don't support, is (on this point) a bit better than these French nationalists: he is in favour of a law aiming to protect our languages, as well as he seems in favour of the suppression of the "départements" (which empede a good adminstration and true democracy in Brittany as elsewhere).
Chirac, who has created a foundation for nature and cultures in danger, should normally be now for us; but looking at his several refuses during his presidenceship, it seems that he wants all languages of the planet survive, except Breton and the 8 other languages of the European French territory. Very moral and coherent...

The Left is very divided too. Number of its leaders try to make a balance between their own heavy nationalism and a more natural and logical internationalism.

In case you find time to protest anywhere you can, you are very welcome.
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