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French Justice Once Again Prohibits the Use of Catalan by Elected Officials in Northern Catalonia

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The Administrative Court of Montpellier has confirmed that the city councils of Northern Catalonia cannot use Catalan in their municipal councils. This new resolution affects the Intercommunal Union for the Promotion of the Occitan and Catalan Languages (SIOCAT), which had modified its internal regulations to allow its members to speak in Catalan. The president of SIOCAT, Pere Manzanares, has said that this decision “is not a surprise”, because …
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The Administrative Court of Montpellier has confirmed that the city councils of Northern Catalonia cannot use Catalan in their municipal councils. This new resolution affects the Intercommunal Union for the Promotion of the Occitan and Catalan Languages (SIOCAT), which had modified its internal regulations to allow its members to speak in Catalan. The president of SIOCAT, Pere Manzanares, has said that this decision “is not a surprise”, because …

France bans Catalan and Occitan from being spoken in the body that coordinates the promotion, learning and use of these two languages Òmnium Cultural announced this Thursday that it will assume the legal defense of SIOCCAT, the Intercommunal Union for the Promotion of the Occitan and Catalan Languages, in its fight to be able to use Catalan within this body, which brings together 129 municipalities in Northern Catalonia. SIOCCAT is a public body…

A court in Montpellier, Occitania, has issued a ruling that prevents the use of Catalan and Occitan in the Intercommunal Union for the Promotion of Occitan and Catalan Languages (SIOCCAT)....

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El Punt Avui broke the news in on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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