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How was the long dispute over bilingual place-name signs (Ortstafeln) in Carinthia settled in 2011?
In the exam (German)
Wie wurde der lange Streit um zweisprachige Ortstafeln in Kärnten im Jahr 2011 beigelegt?
- aSince then, every municipality votes anew each year in its own consultation on its place-name signs.Jede Gemeinde stimmt seither jedes Jahr in einer eigenen Volksbefragung neu über ihre Ortstafeln ab.
- bSince then, all places throughout Carinthia have received bilingual place-name signs, regardless of the number of Slovenes.Alle Orte in ganz Kärnten bekamen seither zweisprachige Ortstafeln, unabhängig von der Zahl der Slowenen.
- cBilingual place-name signs were expressly banned throughout Carinthia by a new provincial law.Zweisprachige Ortstafeln wurden durch ein neues Landesgesetz in ganz Kärnten ausdrücklich verboten.
- dA federal law with a constitutional provision lays down exactly which places get bilingual signs.Ein Bundesgesetz mit Verfassungsbestimmung legt genau fest, welche Orte zweisprachige Tafeln bekommen.Correct answer
Why?
In 2011, the federal government, the province and representatives of the Carinthian Slovenes agreed on a solution. Since then, an amendment to the Ethnic Groups Act (Volksgruppengesetz) with a constitutional provision lists the 164 localities that have bilingual place-name signs.
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