Vi bør huske på, at Parlamentet i december 1990 vedtog en betænkning af det luxembourgske parlamentsmedlem, fru Reding, som fremhævede betydningen af mindretalssprogene i Den Europæiske Union og nødvendigheden af, at borgerne i hele Europa ikke så Den Europæiske Union som en trussel mod deres identitet.
We must remember that this Parliament approved, in December 1990, the report presented by the Member from Luxembourg, Mrs Reding, which highlighted the importance of minority languages in the context of the European Union and the need to ensure that the citizens of all parts of Europe did not see the European Union as a body that was unconnected to their own identity.