[EN] Ladins visit the Intergroup for traditional minorities of the European Parliament

A delegation of Ladins from South Tyrol and from Fodom/Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy has visited on November, the 20th the Intergroup for traditional minorities in the European Parliament in order to explain the desire to re-unificate the three Ladin municipalities of the Province of Belluno in the Veneto region with South Tyrol. At the end of October 2007, the three Ladin municipalities of Cortina, Fodom and Col, which in 1923 were separated from South Tyrol and administratively allocated to the Veneto region, have expressed within a referendum with the convincing majority of nearly 80% their claim to be re-unificated with the autonomous Province of Bolzano/South Tyrol. In these three municipalities, where the population since 1971 has decreased by more than a third, are living approximate 8,000 persons the half of which still are native Ladin speakers. They need urgently the minority protection which is guaranteed in South Tyrol and which they have bitterly missed since the separation from South Tyrol 85 years ago. In Italy the possibility of changing the administrative allocation (article 132 of the Constitution) is linked to very close preconditions. But on the other hand, the Council of Europe-Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (art. 16) and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (art.7, para.1 lit.b) have recommend to the state parties, to which Italy is belonging, to regulate their administrative divisions in a manner which is fair to minorities.

[LA] Enconteda di referendars con raprejentanc europeics

Na delegazion de Ladins dl Südtirol y de Souramont (Fodom, Col y Anpezo) à  vijité ai 20 de november 2008 l Grup interfrazional per les mendranzes tradizionales dl Parlament Europeich per ti prejenté y splighé les aspirazions de reunificazion con l Südtirol che i trei comuns ladins dla provinzia de Belun à . A la fin d’otober 2007 à  i trei comuns de Anpezo, Col S. Luzia y Fodom, che é dl 1923 vegnus destachés dal Südtirol y sourandés a la region Venet, declaré te na maniera clera tres n referendum davagné con prest 80 % dles oujes de volei endò vegnì reunifichés con la provinzia autonoma de Bulsan/Südtirol.

Te chisc trei comuns, che à  perdù dal 1971 inant prest 1/3 de sia popolazion, vìvel al didancuei ca. 8.000 persones, de cheles che demé plu ca. l mez (40% t’Anpezo y 90% ta Fodom) rejona ladin. Chisc ladins à  assolutamenter debojegn dla sconanza dles mendranzes preveduda y garantida tla provinzia da Bulsan, na sconanza, che ti é vegnuda nieda da 85 agn encà , da canche i trei comuns é passés al Venet.
Tla Talia él la poscibelté de mudé confins aministratifs (art. 132 dla costituzion dl 2001), ma l iter prevedù é dret rie. Da l’autra pert él la Convenzion cheder dl Consei d’Europa per la sconanza dles mendranzes nazionales (art. 16) y la Cherta Europeica per i lingac regionai o de mendranza (art. 7 prum coma let. b) che ti recomana ai Stac firmatars, pro chi che al auda ence la Talia, de tré i confins aministratifs te na maniera che ai respete i debojegns dles mendranzes dailò residentes.

Quelle/source/fontana: Amisc dla Ladinia Unida