European Union
Ljudmila Novak, who I assume is a Polish a Slovenian delegate to the European Union Parliament, is suggesting that Esperanto be the common language for the European Union. Yea!
Since it was mentioned below I will go ahead and add this to the post. I have seen this around, but I have not posted it yet, since I had a good idea what it was about. The Prague Manifesto, which was drafted in 1996 at a World Congress of Esperato, gives a wonderful rationale for the use of Esperanto as the IAL
Nobel Prize
I did not report on this before since there were only a few places that mentioned it, but I will mention this now: Esperanto was nominated for a 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.
- British MPs nominate Esperanto’s world-wide association for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize – Esperanto Association of Great Britain
- 2008 Nobel Piece Prize – Suite 101
- Internet Fuels Hope for Esperanto – CBC News – Canada
Ljudmila Novak (note the spelling) is from Slovenia, not Poland. You can vote on the proposal at her website here:
http://www.ljudmilanovak.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=496&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
A modern rationale for Esperanto can be found in the 7 points of the Prague Manifesto: http://lingvo.org
Thank you for the corrections… =)
I will take care of that shortly.