Det er en god lejlighed til at give mere mening til den store indsats, som Den Europæiske Union selv, gennem Kommissionen, har gjort gennem nu flere år for at fremme og udvikle mindretalssprogene i Unionen, især gennem Ariane-programmet, hvis finansielle bidrag i 1997 oversteg ECU 3.700.000 og også takket være indsatsen fra Det Europæiske Kontor for Mindre Udbredte Sprog.
This is a good opportunity to give meaning to the great effort that the European Union itself, through the Commission, has been making for several years to promote and develop the minority languages of the Union. This is, in particular, due to the ARIANE programme which received funding of ECU 3 700 000 in 1997, and thanks, too, to the work carried out by the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages.