The Catalan daily “La Vanguardia”, citing sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reported that Jose Manuel Albares wrote a letter to the head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he calls on Poland to take up the matter starting on January 1 Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The head of Spanish diplomacy also asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy to recognize the Catalan, Basque and Galician languages as official languages of the EU. Antonio Tajaniego and to the head of the European Parliament Roberty Metsoli.
Spain: The government in Madrid appeals to Poland. He declares that he will bear the costs
The idea of language changes was presented during the Spanish Presidency in the second half of 2023 The government in Madrid declares that will bear the costs implementation of this idea, reminding that these languages exist recognized by the constitution Spain and are working languages in parliament.
The initiative of the Spanish government resulted from obligations to the separatist party Together for Catalonia (Junts) by Carles Puigdemont, taken in exchange for support with the appointment of Pedro Sanchez's government in November 2023.
Albares' latest actions coincided with Junts criticizing Sanchez, which called on the prime minister to concede to a vote on the matter a vote of confidence.
EU countries are afraid of a precedent
Various estimates say that Catalan, Basque and Galician are spoken together approximately 15 million citizensmainly in Spain.
They currently operate in the EU 24 official languageswhich are also working languages. Changes in regulations are required consent of all Member Statesand some people oppose this idea, including: for reasons of cost and precedent for other Community countries.