EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language

When the General Affairs Council of the European Union addresses next Tuesday the officialness of Catalan, Galician and Basque, many countries will be unaware of the consequences that the issue may have in Spain. The government has been negotiating with the capitals of its 26 partners for some time the demand that Junts – also the PNV but to a lesser extent – put on the table of Pedro Sánchez at the beginning of the legislature. What Foreign Min…

EU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official language

At least seven capitals have raised concerns over the costs and political implications of the move, which Sánchez links to defense spending.

The Council of the European Union will discuss next Tuesday whether Basque, Catalan and Galician will be given official status in the European Union. They will hold a meeting on general matters of the Council, and the issue will be examined as the last item on the agenda. It states: "The request made by Spain to include Basque, Catalan and Galician in Regulation 1/1958 will be examined." This regulation precisely defines the scope of the EU's li…

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ERC President Oriol Junqueras said this Saturday that Catalan has to be "fully official" in the European Union and that it should be able to be used "in all areas" of the Community institutions. In statements to journalists since the Aplec del Cargol de Lleida, Junqueras referred to the negotiations to approve the officiality of Catalan at the meeting of the EU General Affairs Council next Tuesday at which the issue will be addressed.

In European politics everything works with debts. The government is contracting many to bring forward the officialness of Catalan, Basque and Galician in the European Union.