Back to the roots: Ned Thomas on how European minority networks took shape – and why a daily in Cymraeg didn’t

MIDAS turns 25 next year. So it’s time to open the archives and take a look back. One name comes up frequently: Ned Thomas. In this first part of the interview, he discusses the development of European minority policy over the past decades, the rise of networks and organizations in this field, and why the project to launch a daily newspaper in Cymraeg (Welsh) failed at the last minute.

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Open Research (University of Surrey)
Published
2025-04-02
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https://doi.org/10.57708/bdtct_dssqeebsbz5x_taja
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Minority Rights and Languages
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Back to the roots: Ned Thomas on how European minority networks took shape – and why a daily in Cymraeg didn’t

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Back to the roots: Ned Thomas on how European minority networks took shape – and why a daily in Cymraeg didn’t

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Abstract

MIDAS turns 25 next year. So it’s time to open the archives and take a look back. One name comes up frequently: Ned Thomas. In this first part of the interview, he discusses the development of European minority policy over the past decades, the rise of networks and organizations in this field, and why the project to launch a daily newspaper in Cymraeg (Welsh) failed at the last minute.

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