European Parliament 5 November 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-3045/01 by Glenys Kinnock (PSE) to the Commission. Provision of lifeguards.

Nonetheless, any citizen of the EU is free to use his or her mother tongue when submitting such proposals. Does the Commission not consider that strongly recommending the use of English constitutes discrimination against the large number of citizens of the Union who do not have a good command of that language?