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Posted on Saturday, December 28 2002 @ 16:27:59 CET by webmaster
The CSA, based in Paris, which decides for the attribution of
frequencies, decided not to give Radio Lengadoc the
authorisation tohave its own frequency in the Montpellier area. It must
be known that this station is in Occitan mostly, so
the decision is not surprising, given the antiminority policies in
France.
The Town Council in St Nazaire, Brittany, decided to expell the Diwan
school, which teaches in breton, after the Conseil
d'Etat ruled last week that the principle of it was unconstitutional.
The Mayor belongs to the Chevenementiste party, a french
nationalist party. 80 school children will suffer from this decision
(source: AFP www.afp.fr). It has to be noted that the
unconstitutionality is based on the second article of the French
constitution, which states that French is the only official
language of the State; the article was added in 1992, to fight agains
english, on the understanding that it would never be used
against minority languages.
Seen on french TV, on France 3, a state channel, in a programme called
'On ne peut pas plaire a tout le monde': as the
Bogdanov brothers were explaining they spoke 6 languages including
Gascon, a dialect of Occitan. When they spoke it, the
presenter (Ariane Massenet) burst out laughing and asked them: "Is that
really a language, or do you use it only to milk your
cows ?"
Such racism is not uncommon on French television.
