US EditionSpain allows lawmakers to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament
- Spain's Parliament has revised its linguistic policy to allow national legislators to use minority languages such as Catalan, Basque, and Galician, a long-held objective of smaller parties from the regions in Spain's north.
- The change aims to normalize the use of languages other than Spanish in the national Parliament and was strongly supported by the Socialist Party. Opposition conservatives argued that the reform would make debating more difficult.
- As acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seeks to form a new left-wing government, he is hoping to gain the backing of nationalist and separatist parties from Catalonia and the Basque Country. The recognition of Catalan, Basque, and Galician as languages used in the European Union is also being pursued by Spain's government.
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Spanish representatives have been allowed to speak Catalan, Basque or Galician in parliament since Tuesday. This was a demand by Carles Puigdemont's Catalan nationalists, for whom the support of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was crucial. Sánchez himself is thus trying to find support to become Prime Minister of Spain again.
Spain allows Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament. EU ponders use in Brussels
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In a victory for millions of Spaniards who speak a language other than Spanish, the European nation's Parliament allowed its national legislators to use Catalan, Basque
Spain to allow lawmakers to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament for 1st time
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament is set to allow its national legislators to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician in national Parliament for the first time on Tuesday. The reform of the linguistic policy of Spain’s lower chamber was a demand of Catalan separatist parties to support the appointment of a
Spain allows lawmakers to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament
Spain’s Parliament has allowed its national legislators to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician for the first time on Tuesday. The reform of the linguistic policy
⚡Spain's Parliament to Allow Lawmakers to Speak Catalan, Basque and Galician Languages
Read Latest World News Quickly Here | The right to speak languages other than Spanish in the national Parliament is a long-held objective of smaller parties from the regions in Spain's north that have bilingual populations. The Parliament will provide simultaneous translation with earpieces for the 350 members of the chamber.
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