The European Esperanto Union (EEU; eo, Eŭropa Esperanto-Unio) is a union of the national
Esperanto associations of the
European Union
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member states. It holds congresses every two years. The congress in
Maribor, Slovenia
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, in July and August 2007, attracted 256 delegates from 28 countries, including two members of the
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
,
Małgorzata Handzlik of
Poland
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and
Ljudmila Novak of
Slovenia
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.
In December 2009, the EEU ran a full-page advertisement in the French newspaper ''
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
'' advocating the use of Esperanto instead of
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
.
, Seán Ó Riain is the president of the EEU.
References
External links
*
About the EEU (in Esperanto) on website of the UEAIrish Times - Tongues are loosened at Esperanto conference in Galway*
EUROPO - Eŭropa Esperanto-Unio
Poliglotti4.eu -EEU - Eŭropa Esperanto-Unio
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Esperanto organizations
International organizations based in Europe