The present European Parliament Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages was established in December 2009. Its over-arching function is to promote awareness of national and linguistic minority issues in Europe. Originally established in 1983, the present incarnation of the Intergroup continues the long tradition of the Parliament of using the cross-party Intergroup as the forum to focus and develop policy on the national and linguistic minority question. The current Intergroup has set out a dynamic and ambitious agenda, as such it reflects the new developments across Europe in the post-Lisbon era, an era that has seen the establishment of a new architecture in human rights coupled with the potential to embed national and linguistic minority rights at the heart of the European project. The article outlines the aims and objectives of the Intergroup, its history, its impact, and focuses on the current work and context of the Intergroup during the current parliamentary term.