Council of Europe calls on Czechia to better protect minority languages

The Council of Europe has called on Czechia to improve its protection of minority languages. According to the report, published on Wednesday, the country has taken steps in a positive direction toward the expansion of German, but has shortcomings in other minority languages.

The report points out that so far, pre-school, primary and secondary education in regional and minority languages has only been available in Polish. German is taught as a foreign language, and Moravian Croatian, Romani and Slovak are not taught in mainstream education at all.

Regarding judicial matters, the Committee of Experts suggested that the legislation should also enable the use of regional and minority languages in court.