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---- Newsgroups: es.charla.politica.misc, europa.linguas, soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.spain From: "Marianna de Copons" <fut_tere@hotmail.com> Subject: French Justice against Catalan personal names Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:38:13 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORGFrench Justice against Catalan personal names French Justice prevents a family in Perpinyŕ (capital of North Catalonia, under French sovereignty, 120 mi. North of Barcelona) to register their son as 'Martí' (Martin in Catalan). In 1998 this family wanted to enter their son into the Register Office, but the French Administration clerks refused to do so, contending that French language ignores accented 'i' (í). Three years later, the lawsuit was still on, and a court in Perpinyŕ reminded the parents that, from 2nd Termidor on, every French citizen was bound to use French when addressing to the Administration, and in any public act. The verdict was, later, endorsed and hardened by a court in Montpellier. Now, when Martí is already five years old, his parents have but one choice: to turn to the French Supreme Court of Appeal. In case this Court does not satisfy their claim, they would appeal to a European court. Presčncia Catalana, an association in North Catalonia, has already opened a campaign to obtain resources to pay for the lawsuit, which is extremely expensive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----
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