The Socialists accuse the PP to maneuver in Europe to sabotage the recognition of Catalan, Basque and Galician | Spain
The Socialists accuse the PP of being maneuvering before their European Popular Partners to boycott the Catalan official, Galician and Basque in European institutionsthat this Tuesday is submitted to the approval of the EU General Affairs Council. « The PP unfolds Europe to attack the diversity of Spain, trying to sabotage the recognition of our languages, present normally in our streets and institutions, » said the socialist Euro -President and vice president of the European Parliament, Javi Lópezto questions from El País. « It is denying the national identity of Spain by rejecting the diversity that unites and defines us, » he added.
As the newspaper advanced last Saturday ABCthe PP has convinced the Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, to oppose the acceptance of Spanish co -official languages, but this would have put as a condition not to remain alone in this rejection, so the PP would be trying to make more European countries to add up to no.
The general secretary of the PP of Catalonia, Santi Rodríguez, has justified the efforts of his party with the European partners accusing the Socialist Party of being « instrumentalizing the language by political interests. » After reproaching the socialists to take the debate to Europe to « guarantee the seven votes of Puigdemont and stay in the Poncloa Palace, » he said that This measure will not benefit the social use of Catalan. According to Rodríguez, if « the Government negotiates with other countries to support the official of Catalan, » the popular have the right to do the same to claim otherwise, reports Màrius Lamor. « If there are calls (of the PP so that EU countries vote against the official of Catalan) it is because there must also be calls in the opposite direction. (…) the one that acts for a certain political interest has to assume that others can do exactly the same thing they do, » he argued.
The national PP spokesman Borja Sémper did not want to clarify the position of his party or confirm his efforts with other European parties. « Pedro Sánchez is not interested in Catalan, what interests him is to survive and try to content independence, » he said. « Tomorrow we will see and this is our position. What we are seeing in the end is all.
Genoa sources claim to ignore the efforts that its responsible in Catalonia has recognized. « Our international policy is much more serious and rigorous than that of Pedro Sánchez. What we want is to respect the legality in the European Union and not to press our European partners for partisan purposes to content the president’s parliamentary partners. The greatest attack that is being done to the Catalan is that of Pedro Sánchez, » said Sémper.
Wheel does not see it a priority
The head of Spanish diplomacy, José Manuel Albareshe has confirmed that the officiality of Catalan, Galician and Basque remains “for adoption” at the meeting that the European Foreign Ministers will hold on Tuesday, to which Spain will present “a solid proposal, very worked and improved”, which will take into account the reserves expressed by several countries with which it is negotiated until the last minute. According to government sources, a gradual and partial implantation formula of the three languages has been sought, which will begin in 2027 with the translation of European regulations and will include the commitment that the Spanish State undergoes the cost of these measures and does not serve as a precedent for minority languages spoken in other EU countries.
Albares has been convinced that all Spanish parties are talking to their sister forces in Europe to achieve recognition of languages that speak 20 million Spaniards and are part of « Spanish national identity, which is multilingual. » « I don’t fit in my head that can be otherwise, » he added ironically.
The German Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, who has appeared with Albares after gathering both in Madrid, has recognized that they had addressed that “long and laid” issue and that their Spanish counter Semester holds Poland.
The spokeswoman of the PSC, Lluïsa Moret, has praised the work done by the Executive of Pedro Sánchez, with Minister José Manuel Albares in the lead, in order to recognize the co -official languages in the EU, reports Camilo S. Baquero. « What we will do is expect, with prudence, tomorrow’s resolution in the EU General Affairs Council and depending on this, everyone must explain what they have done and what it has not done, » he added during the press conference after the party’s executive, thus avoiding loading directly against the lobby Contrary to the extent that the PP is doing.
For its part, number two of the Republican Esquerra, Elisenda Alamany, has insisted that if it is decided to take the measure before the Council it is « to win it. » « The PSOE has a work that must be fulfilled and, above all, the PP must stop boycotting and encouraging its colleagues from European countries to limit the presence of a language that we want to be expressed with all normality in European institutions, » he said in care for media in Barcelona.
The Galician president, Alfonso Rueda, has declared that, although the Xunta advocate for giving the Galician language possible, its use in the European Union is not a “priority” if the decision is a cost of more than 40 million euros, Efe reports.
