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Catalan in the European institutions

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02:32 +0000

Last week, Catalan MEP Oriol Junqueras tabled a block of 17 parliamentary questions in respect of each of the Spanish government’s failures to comply with agreements concerning Catalan: 5 questions to the European Council, 4 to the Commission, 3 to the Parliament and 5 to the Ombudsman.

As the Horitzó Europa think-tank recently pointed out, the [...]

Spain’s unfortunate beginning

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:45:10 +0000

Having your website hijacked by a fan of Mr Bean (although at the end it turned out it was not a formal intrusion attack) whilst media accross europe as well as some Member States such as the United Kingdom are mumbling about Spain’s capacity to lead the Union amid these times [...]

Forget about administrative agreements: Catalan must be official

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:38:19 +0000

The Spanish Government is playing the victim when it comes to making Catalan a normal language in Europe. As Ireland did with gaelic, Spain could simply ask the Council of Europe to accept Catalan as just another official language in the Union. The petition would need to be unanimously approved by all member [...]

Europe is our goal, not our mum

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:02:22 +0000

Many Catalans still fancy a good-hearted saver that will, in one way or another, help Catalonia to become an independent state or whatever we decide we want to be in the future.

Not so many years ago, many –and this includes myself- thought that joining the European Union would be the key [...]

Ingenuity in international politics strategy

Juncà Lluís — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:42 +0000

Historically, Catalans have been very sensitive to other stateless nations, minor regions oppressed by powerful states and any other group of people with political, social or cultural problems.

Thus, we have found ourselves joining campaigns in favor of minority languages, dismembered nations at the verge of being assimilated by the dominant nation [...]