INTERVIEW - MARTA ESTEVE OLIVÉS

Imagine you are a journalist. Write an interview with a European commissioner for the protection of minority languages. Your objective is to find out what the European Union is doing in order to protect the rights of those linguistic groups

M- Hello, today we are going to interview one of the most important people in the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker.

Let's talk about the protection of minority languages.

M- Perfect! How are you Sir.Claude?

Sir.C- I'm nice, thank you, I am very grateful to be here with old of you and make this magnificent and interesting interview.

M- Thanks are ours. Okay, first of all, we will begin to explain what are the minority languages ?

Sir.C- Yes, of course, the minority language is a language that has a number of speakers inferior to other languages, either in a global perspective or in a given territory. In Europe we have eight types of minority languages, there are Catalan, Galician, German, Occitan, Sardinian and Irish, and if I do not remember it badly ... Basque and Welsh.

M- Sorry, but German is not an "official language"

Sir.C- Yes, yes, sorry, I wanted to refer to the German who speak outside Germany and Austria

M- And by curiosity... could you tell us which is the minority language who are more spoken in Europe?

Sir.C- First of all, we have Catalan with more than 7 million speakers and it is spoken in Spain, France, Italy and Andorra. And the least is Welsh with 500 thousand speakers and is spoken in the United Kingdom.

M - Is it incredible, and what think the Council of the European Union  about these languages? and his protection?

Sir.C- Well, the European union thinks that minority languages are very important, as they are part of the history of many countries. We believe that it is good to don't forget the origins of millions of people. On the other hand enrich a lot inside the culture of Europe ,and this is a good point to the European Union. The European Union it agrees , with the protection of this languages, if we eliminate them, we will put in disagree with a many speakers. In the European Union , we like listen our citizens.

M-What does the European Union to protect these languages?

Sir.C  -The role of the European Union is that the territories in which this minority language is spoken don't disappear , for example, using it with a publicity poster or teaching the language in the school

M – Is a magnific job! So thank you, Lord Claude, for your time, and to pay attention us. It's been a pleasure.

Sir.C- Thank you very much for inviting me, the pleasure is mine.