I'm. I wanna close today. What are you up to? Flying when? Am after Catlin, anything you know?

No, it wasn't for you. Was for someone that was after the possible web sale of turkeys...?

Hey!

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No, Twice NO to the Euro Bonds but why?

Germany has an overwhelming majority strongly opposed to any such move but isn't isolated... among the EU citizens. To be absolutely honest there can't be any centralized Eurobonds issuing to finance any state or local spending engaged by state or local authorities. A kind of basic. And... let's put it that way, to see emerge some EU Eurobonds issuance to finance some EU spending, we'll have to wait the large majority of EU citizens fiscal conservative are represented politically and that's far from being the case in many countries.

Ivory Coast

Just curious… Have some high ranking officials from … whoever got involved…, really hoped to reunite the country with a presidential election opposing two candidates each representing one the two communities they thought useful to separate eight years ago with a somewhat partition and some foreign troops to make sure peace reigns?

Did they truly hoped this election without any prior negotiation dealing with the status of each community, how it is governed, its relations with the “central or federal gov?, how the resources are shared, will not end being seen and felt as a victory of one community over the other with all the foreseeable consequences triggering the refusal?

So was it irresponsible to organize a presidential election designed to govern both communities separated for more than height years taking the risk of a confrontation, of getting civilians involved in a fight that isn’t theirs killed, when, obviously the motives that had lead to the somewhat partition in 2002 were still there and needed to be addressed before anything else, to make sure the parties would accept the results of a presidential election, the losing party at the conflict reassured by its known status negotiated before it?

If yes, well I guess La Haye Tribunal may be crowded for a while?

Truly everybody is right now under the impression that if the North wasn’t in the situation to rule the South, we wouldn’t have this conversation, the North remaining somewhat self administered and certainly not governed by the South? Not very credible for the UN to support different standards according to who wins or looses?

Not bad so far.
He's funny and will never last to surprise me I guess... Went through some of the feeds and it seems that he doesn't get it does he? I mean, the euro had only two true potential enemies, one, the politicians in charge of the banking system and regulation busy with crony capitalism spending their way out to buy their reelection through an inflated welfare state and fantastic social freebies rebranded “social progress” they funded through an uncontrolled amount of debt without telling anyone, two, the beneficiaries (The People) of these debt funded very short term improvements of their living standards. Instead, the adventurous debt addicted politicians for reelection purposes decided they would point fingers at the ugly few opportunistically branded “markets and speculators” for political rhetoric reasons and would fight and defend the euro whatever it may take….

Well, let’s say it is an unnecessary war. The future of the euro lies not in the hands of markets or speculators but with those responsible for its problems in the first place. Markets and speculators look at it for what it is, a product you can trade, do they exploit mistakes made by those(govs) in charge, anticipating their next inability to address the true potential threats the currency faces, the trust of the Peoples using it? Of course they do, why shouldn’t they, when they know the potential is there, as long as the decisions do not address the challenges the Peoples face introducing a reasonable amount of political uncertainty regarding their reactions and the next elections row results?

What’s your shot?

I just did. Not often, as far as I can recall, it was the first time I heard someone express freely a lot of the resentment many Corsicans probably not all of them do feel about how their identity (Language, Culture and Land) and best interests were and are considered, on a french national media. If there is little debate of who is responsible for most the problems the island experiences, not using these words it seemed clear to me he expressed that part of the solution is also in every Corsican heart and mind, that they are too few to fight one another whatever the circumstances are, too few to be divided politically or else, too few to give up on anyone if they want to preserve a Corsican future for the next generation. I don't know if he will be heard but his voice is strong and so are his values and what came to my mind, it may sound strange it came at this minute but I had to learn it by heart so many years ago... it never went, An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers can't..., it will march on the horizon....

Are you about to be done?

Last week some very strong words came from Corsica. Elsewhere, some other territories, these words felt like a relief long ago replaced with a clouded silence as the criminals successfully banned to cry and tell the pain they cause by shaming it.

What if it was the just the beginning? The first smoke of the great fire the clouded sky had masked? The first audible scream the muted Land for centuries about to burst sends in the sky just like a volcano echoed from Euskal Herria to Breizh... What if suddenly the Land calls them for the ultimate stand? The fight of all fights, the final bill?

The Week Ahead : Be ready

Key data and events to watch in the week ahead
United States: Monday – Nov. Chicago Fed Activity Index Tuesday – ABC Dec. 19 Consumer Confidence Wednesday – MBA Dec. 17, Mortgage Applications 3Q GDP, Personal Consumption, GDP Price Index, & Core PCE, Nov. Existing Home Sales, Oct. House Price Index Thursday – Nov. Durable Goods Orders, Personal Income, Personal Spending, & New Home Sales, Weekly Jobless Claims, Dec. Final U. of Michigan Confidence Survey

Euro-zone: Sunday – German Finance Ministry Nov. Monthly Report Monday – Oct. ECB Euro-zone Current Account, Dec. Advance EZ Consumer Confidence, German Nov. Producer Prices Tuesday – German Jan. GfK Consumer Confidence Survey Wednesday – German Nov. Import Price Index, German IFO Dec. Business Climate Survey, EU Entry Negotiations with Croatia

United Kingdom: Monday – Dec. GfK Consumer Confidence Survey, Tuesday – Nov. Public Finances Wednesday – Bank of England Minutes, 3Q Final GDP & Total Business Investment, 3Q Current Account Thursday – Nov. BBA Loans for House Purchase

Japan: Monday – Oct. Final Coincident & Leading Indexes, Nov. Tokyo & Nationwide Department Store Sales, Nov. Convenience Store Sales Tuesday – Oct. All Industry Activity Index, Nov. BOJ target rate Wednesday – Nov. Trade Balance, BOJ/cabinet office monthly Economic Report, Nov. Supermarket Sales

Canada: Monday – Oct. Wholesale Sales Tuesday – Nov. CPI, October Retail Sales Thursday – Oct. GDP

Australia & New Zealand: Monday – New Zealand Nov. Performance Services Index Tuesday – New Zealand Nov. Net Migration, Australia Oct. Conference Board Leading Indicator, RBA Dec. Minutes, New Zealand Nov. Credit Card Spending Wednesday – New Zealand 3Q Current Account, Australia Oct. Westpac Leading Index Thursday – New Zealand 3Q GDP Friday – New Zealand Money Supply M3

Don't tell anyone... but Maggie is someone very special, I like.
Party's Over If Steele Wins Another Term: Margaret Carlson and you don't have to share all she says, I mean, just enjoy her style, I do.

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What have you been doing anyway? She has a couple of hours ago. Yours?
AFP : "Il s'était auparavant établi à 55,5 points en octobre, après trois mois de baisse: 56,2 points en août, 54,1 en septembre et 53,8 points en octobre."
Eurozone on growth. Bold to be replaced with "Il s'était auparavant établi à 55,5 points en novembre"
Have it good. No, Was on Markit advanced indicator.
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I recommend the reading. It's in french but nonetheless, this side of the Aisle (I did it again>..))) has been and still is often misportraited and ridiculed through caricatures. The writing says the pain the author experiences to watch once more for his people the terrible consequences the lack of respect for a culture and its people can do to self esteem. His Corsican voice for rights is rarely heard on medias and once more his writing proves there is more to it than just the usual violent portraitof Corsian society some like to expose..

Belle chjachjere è tristi fatti

Not really. I guess he’s in a bad mood…. Didn’t do good this session? I just meant true leaders can convince people by the example they set for themselves of a necessary pain in the best interest of the People and the country but when you don’t pay a dime in taxes or very little compare with most people and that you’re making quite some money… (should be around 8 to 10 kEuros plus expenses more for high ranking staff of the Commission), don’t say it’s right but you can expect some violence… unfortunately EU leaders I mean most of them aren’t an example for anyone whatsoever… so you know… stupid enough to be a threat to assets, the answer is yes they have proved it in the passed just wait, YES THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN… ;-))

What’s yours now?

Don't think so. I'd say there is some violence as seen yesterday and today in Athens because the folks are under the impression the politicians and some other elites are not taking their fair share of the pain.

Brussels most guilty should be the leed here to end all derogatory fiscal status specially for the EU Reps at the EU Assembly and high ranking officials of the Commission not paying a dime in taxes when asking so much pain to the People of Ireland, Greece and next....

CNBC "U.S. Federal Reserve gave a cautious assessment of the strength of the economic economy." I guess it's the economic recovery.
What else? Hey, are you about to be done with the numbers I wanted?
...../"The very first line of the very first paragraph is justification for what (the Fed) it's doing - it talks about a recovery that just isn't strong enough to bring down the unemployment rate," said Mike Lenhoff, chief strategist and head of research at Brewin Dolphin Securities, in London..../
The very first line of the very first paragraph is an an explanation of the Fed's policies, its motivations, proposed goals, steps and actions to achieve it?
I'd say the Fed can't lift on its own the uncertainty and force companies into spending and hiring, it can reduce the effects the uncertainty produces and show it is committed to just do that in a very determined manner, this determined action contributing to lift it? Will it?

So, here we go for Article 5. I'd like you guys to return the documents a little bit faster once everyone agrees on the full outcome, how it is handled and the plan we decide to carry on for a complete implementation to reach the ultimate goal.

55. As is already indicated in the preamble, the protection and promotion of regional or minority languages which is the objective of the charter must take place within the framework of national sovereignty and territorial integrity. This article makes explicit in this respect that the existing obligations of the parties remain unchanged. In particular the fact that, by ratifying the charter, a state has entered into undertakings with respect to a regional or minority language may not be used by another state having a special interest in that language or by the users of the language as a pretext for taking any action prejudicial to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of that state.

(French)

55. Comme déjà indiqué dans le préambule, la protection et la promotion des langues régionales ou minoritaires, qui sont l'objectif de la charte, doivent s'inscrire dans le cadre de la souveraineté nationale et de l'intégrité territoriale. Cet article rend explicite, à cet égard, que les obligations existantes des Parties restent inchangées. En particulier, le fait qu'en ratifiant la charte un Etat ait souscrit à certains engagements envers une langue régionale ou minoritaire ne peut servir de prétexte à un autre Etat s'intéressant spécialement à cette langue, ou aux locuteurs de la langue, pour entreprendre une action portant préjudice à la souveraineté et à l'intégrité territoriale de cet Etat.

The Charter couldn't say anything different? But while it does limit the Charter's use to achieve independance it does also reaffirm the target "....the protection and promotion of a regional or minority language..." " ....a state has entered into the undertakings...". Clearly, independance or large autonomy is a political decision that cannot be treated in that kind of document and can only be carried with success once the community is again strong enough and has already rebuilt all the social, business and cultural networks a long life under an exclusive centralised and oppressive state has destroyed.

Lookin forward to 2011? Here we're goin
European Debt Crisis Will Be 'Slow-Motion Wreck': El-Erian
Are you finished with the report, I'm goin to post soon.

Today's fun - The expected bill finally reached the debtors?

'Snooty' Europhiles Owe Penitence: London Mayor

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Coming - Italy?
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40640483

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China Risks `Rush' to Tighten in 2011 After Inflation Accelerates Past 5%
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Bond Market Signals No End to Deflation for Eight More Years: Japan Credit

Well. These policies are responsible for that new bombing, Fort Hood and all the rest of it, Stockholm went lucky, many other operations got a lot or a few of innocent victims killed, but too many anyway, time has come for a review as the support for it widens by the millions every day.

"..... their note books and electronic files seized by the notoriously corrupt Kosovo government. "

What have you got on that f**Bip gov? Just a bit short for now, no urgency yet, but wether or not to end the phony thing remains to be discussed, not its isolation to be completed on which the vote took place. No need to spread the disease any further...

Confirm the Stockholm guy went through some training there?

Existing Regimes of Protection - About Article 4

This administration (long before President Obama was elected, let's not get too political)has had some suspicious ideology linked activities for quite a while (many, many years) the fact that some very louzy and lasy jobs are fully exposed point to some no less specific locations and may be the opportunity some have been looking for to go ahead with long overdue expected firings.... will see;

So...

Yeah, he does go for it. Just said so. :-))

Database? Link now Pl

Euskal Charter is here but can't get hold of the Explanatory report??

Hey can't find it for now ,but we're exploring the data...? Go on.

Can someone check Scottish Gaelic Version Charter and Welsh Version Charter and Explanatory Report with Breizh organisations?

We're ahead of timetable so far.

52. This article relates to the combination of the charter with domestic legislation or international agreements laying down a legal status for linguistic minorities.
53. Where certain languages or the minorities who practise them already enjoy a status defined in domestic law or under international agreements, the purpose of the charter is clearly not to reduce the rights and guarantees recognised by those provisions. However, the protection afforded by the charter is additional to the rights and guarantees already granted by other instruments. For the application of all these undertakings, where competing provisions exist on the same subject the most favourable provisions should be applied to the minorities or languages concerned. Thus the existence of more restrictive provisions in domestic law or under other international undertakings must not be an obstacle to the application of the charter.
54. Paragraph 1 of this article is concerned with the specific case of the rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. It seeks to exclude the possibility that any of the provisions of the charter might be so interpreted as to detract from the protection accorded thereby to the human rights of individuals.

French

52. Cet article traite de la combinaison de la charte avec des législations internes ou des accords internationaux comportant un statut juridique des minorités linguistiques.
53. Si certaines langues, ou les minorités qui les pratiquent, disposent déjà d'un statut défini par la législation nationale ou par des accords internationaux, l'objet de la charte n'est évidemment pas de réduire les droits et garanties reconnus par ces dispositions. Cependant, la protection accordée par la charte s'ajoute aux droits et garanties déjà concédés par d'autres statuts. Pour l'application de l'ensemble de ces engagements, en cas de règles concurrentes sur un même sujet, il y a lieu d'appliquer les dispositions les plus favorables aux minorités ou aux langues concernées. L'existence de dispositions plus restrictives dans des législations internes ou dans d'autres engagements internationaux ne saurait donc faire obstacle à l'application de la charte.
54. Le paragraphe 1 de cet article concerne le cas spécifique des droits garantis par la Convention européenne des Droits de l'Homme. Il tente d'exclure la possibilité que l'une ou l'autre des dispositions de la charte puisse être interprétée de manière à porter atteinte à la protection accordée par cette Convention aux droits de l'homme.

Do you mind the transmission, I'd appreciate the legal implications for the french... as it seems that most minorities ignore their rights.. the gov somewhat hides these rights.

The Weeh Ahead : President Obama and Congress strike a deal to extend the President Bush Tax cuts in an attempt to push up the recovery

Key data and events to watch in the week ahead
United States: Tuesday – Nov. Advance Retail Sales, Nov. Producer Price Index, Oct. Business Inventories, FOMC Rate Decision, Dec. 12 ABC Consumer Confidence Wednesday – Dec. 10 MBA Mortgage Applications, Nov. Consumer Price Index, Dec. Empire Manufacturing, Oct. Total Net TIC Flows, Nov. Industrial Production, Nov. Capacity Utilization, Dec. NAHB Housing Market Index, Fed’s Lockhart speaks on Atlanta regional economy Thursday – Nov. Housing Starts, Nov. Building Permits, 3Q Current Account Balance, Weekly Jobless Claims, Dec. Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey, Geithner testifies at Congressional Oversight Panel Friday – Nov. Leading Indicators
Euro-zone: Monday – German Finance Minister Schaeuble speaks on Berlin Panel , EU Foreign Ministers Meeting Tuesday – EZ Oct. Industrial Production and Dec. ZEW Survey of Economic Sentiment, German Dec. ZEW Surveys of Economic Sentiment and Current Situation, Germany’s Ifo Economic Institute Publishes Economic Forecasts Wednesday – EZ 3Q Employment, European Commission Issues Quarterly Report on Euro Area Thursday – EZ Dec. PMI Composite, Manufacturing, and Services, EZ Nov. CPI, German Dec. A Manufacturing and PMI Services, EU Summit Friday – EZ Oct. Construction Output, EZ Oct. Trade Balance, German IFO-Business Climate, Current Assessment, and Expectations, EU Summit, ECB’s Weber speaks in Munich on Capital Markets Macroeconomic Perspectives
United Kingdom: Monday – Nov. PPI Input NSA, Nov. RICS House Price Balance Tuesday – Oct. DCLG UK House Prices, Nov. CPI, Nov. Retail Price Index Wednesday – Nov. Claimant Count Change, Nov. Jobless Claims Change, Oct. ILO Unemployment Rate Thursday – Nov. Retail Sales, Nov. Nationwide Consumer Confidence, BOE Releases Inflation Attitudes Survey
Japan: Monday – Oct. F Industrial Production, Oct. F Capacity Utilization, Nov. Tokyo Condominium Sales Tuesday – Oct. Tertiary Industry Index; 4Q Tankan Large Manufacturers, Non-Manufacturing, Large Manufacturing Outlook, Non-Manufacturing Outlook, Large All Industry Capex
Canada: Monday – 3Q Capacity Utilization Rate, BoC’s Carney gives speech on ‘Reflections on the Economic Outlook’ Tuesday – Nov. Leading Indicators, 3Q Labor Productivity Wednesday – Oct. Manufacturing Sales Thursday – Oct. International Securities Transactions
Australia & New Zealand: Sunday – NZ Nov. Food Prices Monday – Australia 3Q Dwelling Starts, Australia Nov. NAB Business Conditions & Confidence, NZ Oct. Retail Sales, NZ Nov. Non Resident Bond Holdings, NZ Nov. REINZ Housing Price Index Tuesday – Australia Dec. Westpac Consumer Confidence, Australia Dec. DEWR Skilled Vacancies, Australia Nov. New Motor Vehicle Sales Wednesday – Australia Dec. Consumer Inflation Expectation, Reserve Bank’s Bulletin – Dec. Quarter 2010, NZ Nov. Business PMI, NZ Dec. NBNZ Business Confidence & Activity Outlook Friday – RBA Nov. Foreign Exchange Transaction
China: Friday, Dec. 10 – Nov. Producer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, Retail Sales, Industrial Production, and Fixed Assets Investment Urban Cumulative Dec. 10-12 – China Central Economics Works Conference Dec. 11-15 – Nov. Actual FDI (YoY)

Don't know but clearly those responsible for in fact what has been a partition of Ivory Coast since the previous confrontation with the North Muslim rebels somewhat independant for several years prior to this election have created a situation which shouldn't come as a surprise, it's a bit hypocrit... the obvious consequence to be the refusal to count in the following elections the regions with a somewhat autonomous status they chose to have, refusing the official administration.

Today, to refuse to maintain what was accepted then is a dangerous game with a foreseeable consequence, more violence.

Better a peaceful partition, responsibly driven with mutual respect for kee interests of both sides than a renewed civil war anyone can see coming if the international community wants to treat differently the two sides. Whatever was aloud for North rebels will have to be aloud for any other party at the conflict.

Well, it seems pretty clear even thou we don't have yet enough materials but the speeches are very clear, they're using it to lauch somekind of final attack on the national minorities interests essentially targeting economics. A good hair cut on the greek debt should end their dirty game.

Not too bad. Was just a bit late. Hey, about the agreement, how are the talks going? We still need you to push for a big hair cut on the greek debt. That's what we came up with as our best chance to get them to listen.

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Legal & General Shuns Spain Until ECB Buys Bonds (Must Read)
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The lady made it clear, No & No means NO, No to a bigger rescue fund and No to Europe wide bund. Germany made clear it will not find itself in a system making impossible to escape a partnership with some incurable debtors...

This Week Can't Miss.... to watch

Pay attention, please!
Key data and events to watch in this week.
United States:
Monday – Fed’s Lacker speaks on Economic Outlook
Tuesday – Dec. IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism, Oct. Consumer Credit, Dec. ABC Consumer Confidence
Wednesday – Dec. MBA Mortgage Applications
Thursday – Weekly Jobless Claims, Oct. Wholesale Inventories
Friday – Oct. Trade Balance, Nov. Import Price Index, Dec. Preliminary U. of Michigan Confidence, Nov. Monthly Budget Statement
Euro-zone
Monday – Euro-Area Finance Ministers meet in Brussels, Dec. Sentix Investor Confidence
Tuesday – Oct. German Factory Orders
Wednesday – Oct. German Current Account, Oct. German Trade Balance, Oct. German Industrial Production
Thursday – Nov. German Consumer Price Index
Friday – EU’s Rehn gives speech in Athens
United Kingdom
Tuesday – BRC retail sales monitor, Oct. Industrial Production, Oct. Manufacturing Production
Wednesday – BRC shop prices, Nov. Halifax House Prices
Thursday – BOE Interest Rate Announcement, Oct. Trade Balance
Friday – Nov. PPI Input & Output
Japan
Monday – Nov. Official Reserve Assets
Tuesday – Oct. Coincident Index, Oct. Leading Index, Oct. Current Account Total, Nov. Bank Lending, Oct. Trade Balance, Oct. Machines Orders, Nov. Bankruptcies
Wednesday – 3Q Final GDP (QoQ & YoY)
Thursday – Nov. Machine Tool Orders, 4Q BSI Large All Industry & Manufacturing, Nov. Domestic CGPI
Friday – Nov. Consumer Confidence
Canada:
Monday – Oct. Building Permits, Nov. Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
Tuesday – BoC Interest Rate Announcement
Wednesday – Nov. Housing Starts
Thursday – Oct. New Housing Price Index
Friday – Oct. International Merchandise Trade
Australia & New Zealand:
Monday – Australia Nov. AiG Perf of Construction Index, Nov.TD Securities Inflation, Nov. ANZ Job Advertisements
Tuesday – Australia RBA Interest Rate Announcement, New Zealand Nov. House Prices
Wednesday – Australia Oct. Home Loans and Investment Lending, New Zealand 3Q Manufacturing Activity
Thursday – Australia Nov. Employment Report, RBNZ Interest Rate Announcement, NZ Nov. Card Spending
Friday – NZ 3Q Terms of trade index
China:
Thursday – Nov. Trade Balance

Post it just in case.

Well, I first thought , F*** BIP, and went trough some of it, I'd say that, altogether, may not be a bad thing? Giving the taxpayer a chance to find out how their hard earned money is spent... I was shocked at the 70% unprofessional, inaccurate nor fact checked... Hopefully... it is made up?? and no one was ever involved in anything elaborated from that kind of crap.
Pray for.

The introduction? I did.

Don't think you should count on that as the "french" I mean those that somehow replaced their identity with their citizenship do show a strong taste for intolerance towards the national minorities rights while being quick to point fingers at what they decide to name as "nationalism" with it seems no perception of their own "sickness" leaving open the debate to wether or not a set of duties, obligations and rights (a citizenship) can be a suitable identity of substitution producing balanced individuals?

I got it,

We think it's only a matter of time before European debt fears trigger another wave of capital flight out of the EUR (see more below). Was posted a couple of hours ago.

Just ask... here we go linked.

The report situation for the Charter : Here

Push it>>>

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Must Read

In the last century a problem of national minorities appeared and the heads of governments had to start solving them and be aware of this issue. Especially when we are living in the time of globalisation, migration flows, creation of multicultural societies and rise of nationalism also from the side of many national minorities, which struggle for their rights within states or nation-states.

UNIVERSITY OF ROSKILDE
Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change
Department of Geography

This project work focuses on the national minorities in Europe with emphasis on their linguistic rights – because the language is one of the crutial elements of the national or ethnic identity. Firstly, I will discuss the problematic of national minorities in generall: what are the national minorities, why is this important to be aware of and why should we protect them.

Not written in defense of the Corsican, Euskal Herria, Breizh and Others and among many documents connected to the European Charter, this piece is of interest and show how much the lack of material regarding the terrible consequences the "french" policies have had on the concerned populations makes so difficult the general understanding of the difficult challenges they face.

A situation the french gov is largely responsible for through a careful and selected choice in various areas of education, culture and politics with the clear intention to make any attempt to ask for rights a misguided political act often characterised as nationalist sometimes described as "fascist".

However, the national minorities often have their own (national) identity diverging from the identity of the majority, which create the nation and the feel of nationalism. Both the majority and the minority´s identity mostly stands as a centrifugal force, specially when there is a nationalism and a strong feeling of unique nation and national identity on one side and on the other the aspiration of the minority. More concrete, the centrifugal force lie in the opposite interests, nation-state and homogenous population within versus demands of national minorities for the recognition of fragmented society and cultural diversity inside states.

A good introduction to (10) Objectives :

As is made clear in the preamble, the charter’s overriding purpose is cultural. It is designed to protect and promote regional or minority languages as a threatened aspect of Europe’s cultural heritage. For this reason it not only contains a non-discrimination clause concerning the use of these languages but also provides for measures offering active support for them: the aim is to ensure, as far as reasonably possible, the use of regional or minority languages in education and the media and to permit their use in judicial and administrative settings, economic and social life and cultural activities. Only in this way can such languages be compensated, where necessary, for unfavourable conditions in the past and preserved and developed as a living facet of Europe’s cultural identity.

(french)

Ainsi qu'il est bien précisé dans le préambule, l'objectif dominant de la charte est d'ordre culturel. Elle est destinée à protéger et à promouvoir les langues régionales ou minoritaires en tant qu'aspect menacé du patrimoine culturel européen. Pour cette raison, non seulement elle contient une clause de non-discrimination concernant l'emploi de ces langues, mais elle prévoit également des mesures leur offrant un appui actif: le but étant d'assurer, autant qu'il est raisonnablement possible, l'emploi des langues régionales ou minoritaires dans l'enseignement et dans les médias et de permettre leur usage dans le monde judiciaire et administratif, dans la vie économique et sociale, et dans les activités culturelles. Ce n'est qu'ainsi que pourront être compensées, en cas de besoin, les conditions défavorables réservées à ces langues dans le passé, et qu'il sera possible de les maintenir et de les développer en tant que facettes vivantes de l'identité culturelle européenne.

Keep me posted thou.

No big deal. It's a noble motivation....

Ivory Coast : The International Community accomodated alright for many years a somewhat independant North Ivory Coast

I guess, it should just remain that way with this time a President. The Muslim North refused to be governed by the Christian South, guess what... the Christian South refuses to be governed by a Muslim North...
The International Community survived it, it will continue to do so.

“Le droit des personnes appartenant à des minorités nationales de conserver leur identité ne peut être pleinement réalisé que si ces personnes acquièrent une bonne connaissance de leur langue maternelle au cours de leur études. Inversement, les personnes appartenant à des minorités nationales ont le devoir de s’intégrer à la
société nationale par l’acquisition d’une bonne connaissance de la langue officielle de l’Etat.”

This statement makes pretty clear, the Right for the Corsicans, Euskadi and all the other national minorities to access their Culture, History, Language and economic rights to sustain the promotion of their identity. Now if the second part of the statement doesn’t sparkle any real debate as these minorities have more than fulfilled their duties towards the acquisition of the french language, the french state is still engaged in violent policies of assimilation and in the denial of these minorities rights not to mention the complete lack of representation of their special economic interests. How so far they got away with it??

“Les Etats devraient créer les conditions propres à permettre à des institutions représentatives des membres des minorités nationales en question de participer effectivement à l’élaboration et à la mise en oeuvre de politiques et de programmes relatifs à l’éducation des minorités.”

Have they done anything to achieve this goal? If not what are the actions engaged to get them to act?

“Les Etats devraient adopter des mesures pour encourager les parents à participer au système d’éducation au niveau local, notamment dans le domaine de l’enseignement des langues des minorités, ainsi qu’à faire des choix en la matière.”

Just the same here? I’d add that it would considerably help to clear up the way regarding history as very little has been done and the lack of material appaling. I mean to get the parents into the school.

Time for Congress to act and decisively (sanctions)? Below is somekind of roudup, what the french gov should have done but didn’t. Why so far the french lawmakers haven’t taken any initiative….?? very clearly the electoral system, the crony politics and economics, the centralised power and the lack of any sense of right and wrong as well as a great sense of self preservation (the gov, central powers both political and economic would immediately harshly punished any move to defend the national minorities rights with the guilty sacked, banned for any further endorsement and probably investigated, the central powers using every powerful tool a centralised administration can offer to ruin the “dissident”… plays a role I guess. Anyway here we go,

L’article 15 de la Convention Cadre pour la Protection des Minorités
Nationales, le paragraphe 30 du Document de la réunion de Copenhague de la Conférence sur la Dimension Humaine de la CSCE et l’article 3 de la Déclaration de l’ONU sur les droits des personnes appartenant à des minorités nationales ou ethniques, religieuses et linguistiques soulignent tous la nécessité pour les minorités nationales de participer au processus décisionnel, notamment dans les cas où les questions à l’étude les touchent directement. Une participation effective au processus décisionnel, notamment pour ce qui touche les minorités, est une composante essentielle du processus démocratique. La participation active des parents aux niveaux local et régional, de même que la participation effective des institutions représentant les minorités nationales dans le processus éducatif (y compris le processus d’élaboration des programmes relatifs aux minorités) doivent être facilitées par les Etats dans l’esprit du paragraphe 35 du Document de Copenhague, qui souligne l’importance d’une participation effective des membres des minorités nationales aux affaires publiques, notamment celles concernant la protection et la promotion de leur propre identité.

Guess what, do they speak french, I mean the french “authorities”? How is it going, still long? I’m buying like crazy the $, £ and the Goldman suggestions. KMBX.

How much you in for? If we all get out at the same time?

I am.

Do me a favor, here is the french version,

Recommandations de La Haye Concernant les Droits des Minorités Nationales à l’Education & Note Explicative.

Should be 1996. I need the English version and according to the only report I found online from EBLUL I think it is but will check and post, the french gov hasn’t done a thing. As far as I know what they have in mind is we signed stuff internationally but as our constitution says it must be ratified under the form of a law the parliement votes, as long as it isn’t done well bad luck… the treaty can’t be opposed to us? For sure french courts will stand by that but what about EU Courts? or elsewhere?

(french)

1. Dans de nombreux pays européens il existe, sur certaines parties de leur territoire, des groupes autochtones parlant une autre langue que celle de la majorité de la population. C’est là une conséquence de processus historiques au cours desquels la formation des Etats ne s’est pas faite sur des bases purement linguistiques et de petites communautés ont été englobées par de plus importantes.

2. La situation démographique de ces langues régionales ou minoritaires présente une grande diversité, allant de quelques milliers de locuteurs à plusieurs millions, et il en va de même pour la
législation et la pratique des divers Etats à leur égard. Toutefois, ce que beaucoup d’entre elles ont
en commun, c’est un degré plus ou moins grand de précarité. En outre, quel qu’ait pu être le cas dans le passé, les menaces qui pèsent aujourd’hui sur ces langues régionales ou minoritaires tiennent souvent au moins autant au poids inévitablement uniformisateur de la civilisation oderne, et en particulier des moyens de communication de masse, qu’à l’indifférence de leur environnement ou à une politique d’assimilation de l’Etat.

I’m still long for now on the spot

It’s mainly more of the same…. I guess ECB may have something for tomorrow’s meeting.

What I told about I’d like you to check is this:

1999 the french signed the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

1990 Copenhagen 3rd Human Dimension Conference they (the french)approved the conference documents

Well, it didn’t come as a surprise they never implemented anything nor done anything, not even close. But I wondered about the legal consequences, do you mind checking?

The Charter 1992 Article 9 Judicial authorities specifies "to provide that the courts at the request of one of the parties shall conduct the proceedings in the regional or minority languages and or to guarantee the accused the rights to use his/her language,…./…… to produce, on request, documents connected with legal proceedings in the relevant minority language.”

I bet you guessed the french have always denied these rights to all minorities. So, what is it possible to expect from the appropriate lawsuits regarding these cases? Overturned and or compensation? When you can.

The following will come to you as a schock I guess, it really warmed my heart and make me feel so much better when I have to explain the french policies are criminal, wrong and ill inspired, not just my opinion but widely shared, even though it doesn’t change anything right away, knowing plenty think the same and it isn’t crazy to think that is I admit somekind of a relief.

1. Many European countries have on their territory regionally based autochthonous groups speaking a language other than that of the majority of the population. This is a consequence of
historical processes whereby the formation of states has not taken place on purely language-related lines and small communities have been engulfed by larger ones.

2. The demographic situation of such regional or minority languages varies greatly, from a few
thousand speakers to several million, and so does the law and practice of the individual states with respect to them. However, what many have in common is a greater or lesser degree of precariousness. Moreover, whatever may have been the case in the past, nowadays the threats facing these regional or minority languages are often due at least as much to the inevitably standardising influence of modem civilization and especially of the mass media as to an unfriendly environment or a government policy of assimilation.

(From Explanatory Report1 to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages) Useful documents are here Doc. 6294 Doc. 6302 http://assembly.coe.int/documents/adoptedtext/ta90/frec1134.htm#1

Celebrate! These words are just so good!

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