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Occitan language public body inaugurated in Toulouse
OPLO to define policy to foster use of language
The OPLO project was approved by the regional assemblies of Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrenees in June 2014. One year later, the French government had still not given the green light to the OPLO, and Aquitaine regional councilor David Grosclaude (Occitan Party) started a hunger strike to raise public awareness on the matter.
Grosclaude stopped the hunger strike after obtaining a government commitment to break the deadlock before summer.
In September, the French state finally validated the creation of OPLO, which will effectively start its activities in 2016.