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In Ukraine, educational rights for indigenous peoples and for persons belonging to national minorities (communities) are now guaranteed. Members of parliament supported the bill to enable opening negotiation clusters for Ukraine's accession to the EU. The vote was "For" by 266 members of parliament.
Ensuring education in the native language for national minorities in Ukraine
According to bill No. 16119 on the educational rights of national minorities, in Ukrainian educational institutions teaching will take place, among other things, in the languages of the EU, in addition to Ukrainian. The bill also provides a special status for schools with more than 50% of national minority students and adherence to EU legal requirements. This was reported by 24 Channel.
The relevant changes were supported by the Verkhovna Rada at its meeting on 12 October. Now the enacted law must be urgently signed by the speaker of parliament and the president.
The project was important for ensuring the rights of national minority representatives living in Ukraine. The changes were pressed by representatives of Hungary. After its adoption, the country promises to unblock two negotiation clusters necessary for Ukraine's accession to the European Union, which could not be opened earlier due to the Hungarian veto.
Now children belonging to national minorities and indigenous peoples of Ukraine will be able to receive education in their native language alongside state Ukrainian. This concerns languages that are official in the EU.
In addition, schools with many representatives of national minorities will receive the status of a national minority institution.
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What the people’s deputies say about the bill No. 16119
During the Verkhovna Rada session, deputy Yulia Grishina spoke in support of the bill. According to her, the legal changes were made possible after several-year negotiation track with Hungary and approval of compromises from various sides.
Hungary already operates four Ukrainian schools and five branches. And we value the opportunity for our children to preserve their native language and culture. And by the mirror principle we ensure the same right for citizens of Ukraine. And we really want these same schools to exist and operate in all countries of the world,
— said Grishina.
Member of Parliament Larysa Bilozir clarified that the law concerns not only Hungarian but also Romanian national minority.
I want to reassure everyone that Ukrainian remains the state language of the educational process. The bill does not provide for any additional rights for the Russian language. Therefore, colleagues, from today our decision determines Ukraine's ability to move forward toward EU membership,
— she said.
What preceded it
Recall that the norms of the bill were explained earlier. It was stated that in schools and educational establishments they will be able to create classes and groups where instruction will be in the official languages of EU countries, as well as in the languages of indigenous peoples of Ukraine.
In such institutions, in addition to Ukrainian language and Ukrainian history, they will study the history of the respective national community and support its culture. At the parents' request, they may be duplicated in the national minority language.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán stated that voting "for" this bill should enable an intergovernmental conference with Ukraine in Luxembourg. After this, two negotiation clusters will be opened: No. 2 "Internal Market" and No. 3 "Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth".
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