Minority languages are part of the left’s effort to stay in power
this, Sepharad / Keep safe the bridges of dialogue / and take care to understand and keep / the different reasons and languages of your children.” In 1960 Salvador Espriu, a Catalan poet, used these words to remind Spain of its historical diversity . Espriu’s stance was bold at the time. Francisco Franco’s dictatorship forbade official use of any language but Castilian Spanish.president of the lower house of Spain’s parliament, read the verse in Catalan in her maiden speech.
Among other promises was the commitment to change the language policy in the Congress. Ms Armengol is a former president of the Balearic Islands, where varieties of Catalan are spoken. She is an outspoken proponent of federalism for Spain, where language conflicts stoke intense passions: they are a proxy forover the power of the Castilian-speaking centre versus the rest. Some find the deal “grotesque”, as a leader of the hard-right nationalist Vox party put it.
As part of the deal with the nationalists, Mr Sánchez has also requested official status for Catalan, Basque and Galician in the European Union. This is trickier. The rules let each country make one language official forpurposes. Even countries sympathetic to Spain’s plight might balk at the cost, and the precedent. Other countries have minority languages too.
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