This report is the third Government report on the application of language legislation to be submitted to Parliament. Earlier reports were submitted in 2006 and 2009. This is a follow-up report which examines the changes that have occurred in implementing linguistic rights since 2009 in the activities of the authorities. The report also examines any steps forward that have been made when examining the situation in the light particularly of the Government’s proposal for measures presented earlier, the opinions expressed by Parliament, government programmes and international treaties.

This report aims to increase the awareness of decision-makers, the authorities and citizens of the language conditions of the different language groups.

Various authorities and other organisations have been extensively consulted for this report. The Ministry of Justice has been assisted by the Advisory Board on Language affairs in preparing this report.