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European Union Patent, Italy seeks justice
The European Parliament has approved these days the use of enhanced cooperation for the creation of the EU patent in three languages \u200b\u200b( French, English and German ) . This decision will lead to a serious distortion of the rights Individual citizens and the principle of free competition enshrined in the European treaties.
Small and medium-sized Italian companies may well have to pay, having to having to provide documentation submitted in French or German or English, 28% more than its competitor Austrian, Irish and French . It is not only a problem because, paradoxically, Italian, other European countries (eg Spain) will be strongly svantaggianti while other non-EU countries (like the U.S. or Canada) receive a strong benefit .
In the past the European Union Court of Justice ruled in favor of Italy, stating that "it is discriminatory ' published only in German, English and French a competition to work in European institutions. Language rights are inextricably linked to political and civil rights of every citizen of the Union and for this' Italy to defend the same way their own language and multilingualism in the European Community. being pursued, for example, by adopting a neutral language such as Esperanto, which - as shown François Grin, a professor at the University of Geneva - would also allow a substantial saving of resources, calculated at 25 billion Euros per year.
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