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Welsh spoken in the EU

Welsh was spoken officially for the first time at a European Union Institution in Brussels this week following a long negotiation led by the Welsh Assembly Government EU Office.

On Thursday, the Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones became the first person to speak Welsh at the Council of Ministers (Education, Youth and Culture Council); WAG interpreters were on hand to help interpret the Welsh contribution into the other 23 official languages of the EU.

 

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