The Recommendation on the Concept “Nation” of the PACE
The Recommendation on the Concept “Nation” of the PACE

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the theoretical issues regarding the recommendation 1735 (2006) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the concept “nation”. The resolutions and the recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) are not binding, but they may help orient our unders fanding about European politicians’ thoughts on certain issues, like the nation. These resolutions and recommendations are in the first instance political documents, and not scientific ones. Debates concerning the definition of the concept national minority have a long history. None of the definitions supposed the existence of a kinstate or other co-nationals sharing the same cultural, linguistic, etc. characteristics. Even if it is obvious that several national minorities came into being as a result of border modification, formerly being parts of a nation, this was not reflected in any definition on national minorities. The recommendation The concept of „nation” shows that the question of nation remained on the political agenda, and that in the last five years the views on the nation, on the rights of national minorities, and on the right of kin-states to support their kin-minorities has substantially changed.

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