Parents of little Fañch and their child in front of the Parliament of Brittany in October 2018. - J. Gicquel / 20 Minutes

"A considerable victory for all those who fight for the recognition of the ñ, especially by the civil status services". Senator of Finistère, Michel Canevet can have a smile. Thursday, during the consideration of a bill on the declaration of birth, his colleagues adopted his amendment to legalize the use of tilde in the spelling of first names.

Diacritical marks, the tilde of which were adopted on 1st reading in the # senate. The National Assembly can now decide to validate definitively by adopting this bill from the Union Centriste group in the Senate @ UC_Senat. # Fañch #Bretagne pic.twitter.com/tjGVZdw4i7

- Michel CANEVET (@michelcanevet) January 16, 2020

This provision follows the controversy over the question of the tilde on the first name Fañch which has been causing a stir for more than two years in Brittany. At the end of November, the Brest public prosecutor's office ordered the civil register not to write the first name Fañch with the tilde, despite the judicial victory of another Fañch in cassation the previous month. The parents of little Fañch Bernard, born in May 2017, had indeed succeeded after a legal battle of more than two years.

The bill examined on February 13 in the Assembly

In this case, the ball is now in the court of deputies. On February 13, they will examine the bill proposed by Morbihan MP Paul Molac for the promotion of regional languages. It aims in particular to authorize the tilde in civil status documents.

The attorney general of the Rennes Court of Appeal challenges parliamentarians to clarify the regulations on ñ. Message received 5/5: my law on regional languages ​​will be debated on February 13 #emojibzh #GwennHaDu #languesregionales pic.twitter.com/HcyRiIU8ox

- Paul Molac (@Paul_Molac) January 14, 2020

"The idea is to pinpoint a problem in this Republic: the fact that we continue to ostracize the regional languages," said the Breton MP.

Society

A bill tabled to authorize the tilde for civil status

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After the controversy over the tilde, the prosecutor general of Rennes makes things clear

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