| − | Important issues affecting Celts today include the preservation and expansion of their languages which are threatened by the global spread of English and also by greater autonomy in the Celtic nations. Whilst the [[United Kingdom]] and the Republic of Ireland are now becoming more and more aware of these issues, the situation is rather different in [[France]] where regional autonomy and indigenous languages are a politically sensitive subject. | + | Important issues affecting Celts today include the preservation and expansion of their languages which are threatened by the global spread of English and also by greater autonomy in the Celtic nations. Whilst the [[United Kingdom]] and the Republic of Ireland are now becoming more and more aware of these issues, the situation is rather different in France where regional autonomy and indigenous languages are a politically sensitive subject. |