EU: Cyrillic issue in Vukovar not in our competence

The protection of minorities is an important value for the EU, but the European Commission does not have a general legal competence in relation to minorities

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 19.08.2015.

09:04

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EU: Cyrillic issue in Vukovar not in our competence

"The protection of minorities is a principle that is explicitly mentioned in the Treaty on EU. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights forbids discrimination based on national or ethnic origin. However, the Commission does not have a general legal competence in relation to minorities, especially in relation to the recognition of their status, their self-determination and autonomy, or the use of regional or minority languages," Ernst told Tanjug.

The spokesperson was responding to the question addressed to the European Commission seeking a comment on the scrapping of the use of Serbian Cyrillic in Vukovar, a town in eastern Croatia, which is home to a considerable number of Serbs.

According to Ernst, member states kept the general competences when making decisions on minorities, and provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights relate to EU member states only when the EU laws are applied.

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