Socialists Accuse the PP of Maneuvering in Europe to Sabotage the Recognition of Catalan, Basque and Galician

The Socialists accuse the PP of being maneuvering before its members of the European People’s Party to boycott the officialness of Catalan, Galician and Basque in the European institutions, which is submitted to the EU General Affairs Council for approval this Tuesday. “The PP uses Europe unfairly to attack the diversity of Spain, trying to sabotage the recognition of our languages, present normally in our streets and institutions,” said Sociali…

A day after the European Parliament voted for the official status of Catalan, Basque and Galician in the European Union (EU) – a session that has been postponed – PSOE spokesman Esther Peña has accused the PP of “putting stones“ in the “normalization of official languages.” As an example, the socialist has referred to a PP vote on the use of Galician. “Just 15 days ago, in the Galician Parliament itself, the PP voted against the Galician Parliam…

In European political theatre, the co-official languages of Spain have become involuntary protagonists. What should be a cultural recognition, has ended up as a throwing weapon between parties. At first glance, asking Catalan, Basque and Galician to have official status in the European Union may seem like a symbolic gesture, almost ... Read more The entry PP torpedo officiality of Catalan, Basque and Galician in Europe appears first in thegoldig…

The former Catalan president and leader of Junts, Carles Puigdemont, accused the PP on Tuesday of "conspiring with third countries to go against the official interests of the Kingdom of Spain", after the vote on the officiality of Catalan, Basque and Galician in the EU was postponed. In a message on social network X, Puigdemont wondered whether the PP "makes apology for disobedience, rebellion... or the crime of treason", as it has said that to …

In spite of the expectations, finally the question of the officiality of Catalan, Galician and Basque in the European Union has not even come to vote at the meeting that the 27 member states have held this Tuesday in Brussels. Up to 10 member states have asked Spain to withdraw the proposal from the voting list because of the legal and financial doubts that generated them. The doubt now is how this issue will affect the relations between Junts a…

Today’s vote in Brussels on the officialness of Catalan, Galician and Basque is going to be the first act of an intense calendar until the end of June where transcendent folders for Spanish politics and for the consolidation of Pedro Sánchez and Salvador Illa in their respective governments will be elucidated. The first is the decision of the Twenty-Seven on the use of these three languages in Europe. The government has made a great effort to ac…