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Catalan in the European institutions

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 [...]

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Spain’s unfortunate beginning

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 [...]

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Members of the Catalan Parliament say “yes” to ban bullfighting (so far)

Last week the PLI to ban bullfigthing in Catalonia went over its first serious obstacle when the global ammendments to text were rejected in the Catalan Parliament. The amendments, introduced by the PSC, PP and Ciutadants, were rejected by 67 votes against 59. Now, the Catalan Parliament will debate the measures contained within [...]

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Forget about administrative agreements: Catalan must be official

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 [...]

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Disinformation at TVE

That what you see on TV is only a small part (often completely viased)  of the big picture out there is something we should bear in mind. And when it comes to political issues, even more.

After shamelessly filtering out the boos at the Spanish anthem  during King’s Cup final, TVE (the [...]

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