60,000 euros were allocated for conferences on the protection of minority languages in Friuli

On October 30th the draft law was approved by 26 yes and 13 no. Five Star Movement abstained. The aim was to adapt the existing legislation to changes in the institutional structure of the Region and local authorities, but also to harmonize the regional laws concerning minority languages ​​protected in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

The draft law "Provisions for the protection and promotion of the Slovenian, Friulian and German linguistic minorities of Friuli Venezia Giulia" approved by the regional council supposes:

- the simplification of the procedure for the allocation of the provisioning quota of the Fund to support the activities of the bodies and organizations of the Slovenian linguistic minority


- the regional register of associations of the Friulian linguistic minority is then established at the competent Central Directorate. Two tasks are assigned to the ARLeF-Regional Agency of the Friulian language:

1) the first concerns the competence for compiling the list of public and private subjects authorized to issue the linguistic certification of knowledge of the Friulian languageç

2) the realization of didactic material for the teaching of the Friulian language and in the realization of documentation activities, research and didactic experimentation.

Finally, the expenses for the "Third regional conference on the protection of the Friulian linguistic minority" and the "First regional conference on the protection of German-speaking minorities in Friuli Venezia Giulia" were quantified, to verify the state of implementation of the interventions provided for by law , gathering proposals for their adaptation to the emerged needs and defining new guidelines. In the first case 20 thousand euros were allocated, while for the second conference 40 thousand euros.

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Friulian flag banned in stadiums

The flag was banned in the match between Italy and Finland on March 23th. Both Diego Navarria, chairman of the Assemblea della Comunità linguistica Friulana, as well as the regional councillor Massimo Moretuzzo have protested against the police repression to Friulian symbols.

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Autonomists from Italy met in Friuli

Südtiroler Volkspartei, Slovenska Skupnost, Union Valdôtaine, Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese, Patto per l'Autonomia di Friuli Venezia Giulia e Veneto met on March 7th in Udine, Friuli. The round table that took place at Palazzo Belgrade gathered together some of the most important representatives of the autonomy of Northern Italy. At the meeting representatives of five parties agreed to join forces both at state and European levels.

* Presidente del Patto per l’Autonomia, Luca Azzano Cantarutti,
rappresentante del Patto per l’Autonomia-Veneto, Herbert Dorfmann -Europarlamentare della Südtiroler Volkspartei, Igor Gabrovec -
Consigliere regionale del Friuli-Venezia Giulia della Slovenska Skupnost, Erik Lavevaz - Presidente dell’Union Valdôtaine,
Ugo Rossi - Capogruppo in Consiglio provinciale
del Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese, già presidente della Provincia Autonoma di Trento.

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Patto per l'Autonomia party established in Trieste too

The Community Pact for Autonomy (Patto per l'Autonomia) of Trieste was established on Saturday 23 February. It has immediately clarified what the challenge awaiting the regional capital and, consequently, the whole Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The coordinator Federico Monti explained that the Pact for Autonomy collects the "challenge to relaunch the city internationally, and with it the entire region, in a logic of self-government of the territory ». The PA party secretary and group leader in the Region of Massimo Moretuzzo defends "a strongly pro-European movement, which wants to give back to local communities the opportunity to discuss the issues that will decide their future and to have an adequate representation in the territory".

The next Community of the Autonomous Pact is to be established in Mereto di Tomba. The event is scheduled for Thursday, February 28th, at 8.30 pm, in the community hall of San Marco in Mereto di Tomba. The regional advisors Bidoli and Moretuzzo will be present and will continue to listen and share ideas and projects for the future of the communities through the confrontation with the citizens.

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The mayors of Friuli ask Rai and Government more programs in Friulian language

The mayors of the Assembly of the Friulian linguistic Community requested to the Italian Government and the RAI:

- the immediate launch of the Friulian-language television broadcasts on the regional Rai through a specific provision in the next convention concerning the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (signed between the Prime Minister's Office and the RAI, to be signed, as a law, by April 2019),

- the allocation of funds necessary to guarantee television broadcasts, during the period 2019-2022, with a number of hours and resources no lower than those provided for the Slovenian language


Meeting in Udin
The mayors met on January 26th at the headquarters of the Region in Udin/Udine. «In the absence of actions, the legitimate interests of the citizens of the Friulian language will be asserted in the appropriate offices, even with the Judicial Authority», said the president of the Friulian Community of the Friulian Community, Diego Navarria, defending the legitimate interests of the Friulian-speaking citizens provided for by the law in force (including RAI service contract currently in force), which is clearly violated for what concerns television broadcasts and undersized for what concerns radio broadcasting ».





A demand previously requested
The non-fulfillment of the public radio and television service had already been denounced in a letter to the leaders of the RAI, signed on 23 October 2018 by 76 mayors belonging to the Friulian Language Community, who adhered to the motion approved unanimously by the Regional Council on 26 July 2018, on the need for an important commitment to strengthening and enhancing information and structures to protect regional linguistic minorities. The motion committed the Regional Council to implement the regulatory provisions related to the promotion of cultures and the protection of linguistic minorities in the region, and to enhance and enhance the editorial office of Udine and the correspondence site of Pordenone, in order to ensure radio broadcasts and television in the Friulian language for a time schedule at least equal to that recognized in the Slovenian language.

Only 90 hours/year in the radio
At the start of the autumn radio and television programming, there was an unchanged lack of content in the Friulian language and in the German language and a weakening of the regional news services dedicated to the news concerning the territories of Udine, Gorizia and Pordenone. Navarria recalled, during the press conference, how the Rai service contract in force (2018-2022) already foresees the obligation to "guarantee the production and distribution of radio and television broadcasts in the Friulian language", a provision currently breached.

Currently, only 90 hours of Friulan-language radio broadcasts per year are foreseen and no television broadcast (compared to 4,517 radio and 208 television programs in Slovenian, which can also count on its own dedicated site). There were 21 mayors or their delegates, as well as the regional councilors Diego Bernardis and Massimo Moretuzzo.

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1st Assembly of the political Friulian movement Pact for the Autonomy, Massimo Moretuzzo re-elected as a leader

The main Friulan national party, Patto per l'Autonomia, held its first general assembly in Campoformido on December 2. Massimo Moretuzzo was confirmed secretary of the centrist movement training that has 2 seats in the autonomic parliament. PA was born less than a year ago. "We have achieved an autonomous movement in the Regional Council. We have chosen to run alone, separated from the Italian parties. Governor Sergio Cecotti, who was at the service of our cause, and thanks to the ability to knit the relationships of the members of the party, work in the territory, we had a historical result, from where we started to build the future. (...) It is a movement that wants to reconstruct a pact between the territories of this region that can give them a new value in a network logic and the recognition of specific functions and vocations, emphasizing the differences (historical, linguistic, economic, environmental ...) and transfer to the territories not only the administrative powers, but also the planning of the future and the potential We want to rebuild the Autonomous Community so that it is once again able to give a future perspective for your community and the region. Therefore, it is a priority for rebuild the specificity of the region, both in terms of skills (which must be claimed for new ones, for example, education). "

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