The document states that the necessary infrastructure and capabilities are in place for Basque to become official in Europe. Similarly, a formal request has been sent for the future linking of the Basque terminology bank Euskalterm with the European bank IATE.
He Basque government has sent to the European Union a report on the current situation of the Basque language, stating that the necessary infrastructure and capacities exist in the Basque Autonomous Community for the Basque is official in Europe, and that the requirements and conditions for this are met.
It has also sent a formal request to the European Union to link the IATE (Interactive Terminology for Europe) with the Euskalterm Basque terminology database.
This information was sent by the Acting Minister of Public Administration and Self-Government, Olatz Garamendiand the acting Minister of Culture and Language Policy, Bingen Zupiria.
Thus, on May 10, the first of the letters containing a formal request to link Euskalterm to the IATE was sent, and on Thursday the other report on the current situation in the Basque Country was sent.
These actions are part of the steps taken since last year regarding the use of Basque, Catalan and Galician in the EU institutions, the official status of which was requested from the EU by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the Basque government, “they are new steps in the journey that the Basque institutions must follow in the official status of the Basque Country in the European Union.” “The recognition of the Basque Country would mark the way to a future of the European Union in which diversity must be a hallmark. In this sense, we will continue to work to make the official status of the Basque Country a reality in the new European Parliament and the institutions of the “The EU will be formed after the June 9 elections.”
Source: EITB
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