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Official status for Catalan, again ignored at the EU: 10 minutes of presentation and no comments
Latest meeting of General Affairs Council spent less than 10 minutes on Catalan language issue, without any debate
Tuesday, 19 of march of 2024 - 20:21
The sense of identity in Catalonia's society: first Catalan, and then European before Spanish
Six out of 10 EU residents in Catalonia feel "Catalanist", with 55% saying they are "Europeanist" and 36% "Spain-ist"
Friday, 1 of march of 2024 - 16:15
Anti-Catalan immersion MEP Dolors Montserrat admits that EU has no competence in education systems
ERC's Diana Riba has made public a letter in which the PP representative admits that the EU has no competencies in education
Tuesday, 27 of february of 2024 - 22:45
PSOE and PP again fail to progress on Spanish judicial renewal, and will meet in Brussels once more
Spanish parties will return to the Brussels table next month, seeking EU help to resolve 5-year institutional paralysis
Monday, 19 of february of 2024 - 22:20
Belgium's EU presidency again moves the official status of Catalan to the back of the line
Asserting that there are technical issues, EU member states have put off the Catalan language question again
Thursday, 8 of february of 2024 - 18:38
Catalan president calls for "common framework" on self-determination processes within the EU
Pere Aragonès presented his proposal at the European Parliament in Brussels, with MEPs Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí present
Wednesday, 31 of january of 2024 - 18:57
Belgium commits itself to official EU status for Catalan, but Lithuania reiterates its 'no'
Belgian ambassador believes that progress on official status for 3 languages will be made when several pending reports arrive
Friday, 19 of january of 2024 - 21:26
The EU adjourns the debate on official language status for Catalan
Member states are still asking for more information on the plan and it is not on the agenda for the January 29th meeting
Friday, 12 of january of 2024 - 19:11
Puigdemont warns that Catalan's path at the EU is irreversible, even if a court battle is needed
Politician in exile says that one of the main barriers has been years of work by the PP and PSOE against Catalan in the EU
Tuesday, 12 of december of 2023 - 20:30
Spanish government throws in the towel on Catalan's EU status and won't force a last-chance vote
This Tuesday's EU Council meeting is the last to be held with the power of influence provided by Spain's presidency
Monday, 11 of december of 2023 - 19:47
Josep Carreras appeals to Italy to accept the official status of Catalan in the EU
The operatic tenor addressed Giorgia Meloni, asking for a "sister language of Italian" to be accepted as official in the EU
Monday, 4 of december of 2023 - 22:02
Puigdemont asks European Commission to act against its staff who wrote an anti-amnesty letter
Junts maintains that the Commission's Spanish officials campaigning against the amnesty "have not honoured their positions"
Thursday, 16 of november of 2023 - 23:20
New Spanish slip-up obliges meeting over Catalan in the EU to be closed after 2 minutes
Member states remained silent because new Spanish proposal on EU status for languages was only circulated at last minute
Wednesday, 15 of november of 2023 - 21:55
Brussels does not oppose the amnesty: "It is a constitutional and internal question for Spain"
An amnesty such as that proposed for the Catalan independence process must be framed in the constitutional order, says the EU
Monday, 30 of october of 2023 - 18:30
Albares speaks of "months" to approve the official EU language status of Catalan
Spanish foreign minister says that reports on cost and implications for other states will take months
Wednesday, 25 of october of 2023 - 22:14
VIDEOS | On the EU's Catalan decision, Latvia is blunt but Finland is more optimistic
Latvian minister says it's not the right time for more EU languages, while formerly-skeptical Finland is now more hopeful
Tuesday, 24 of october of 2023 - 23:08
Spanish minister phones Latvian counterpart in bid to maintain pressure for Catalan in the EU
José Manuel Albares says that the decision on Catalan, Basque and Galician won't affect minority languages in other states
Tuesday, 24 of october of 2023 - 20:27
A call from universities, businesses, unions: "Making Catalan official in the EU will affect millions"
Major groups in Catalan society sign open letter to the EU stressing the real impact of official language status
Monday, 23 of october of 2023 - 22:30
The quest to make Catalan an official EU language: here's the Catalonia government's ad campaign
The minister Serret admits that it will be difficult for the EU's General Affairs Council to decide on Catalan next Tuesday
Friday, 20 of october of 2023 - 18:10
Council of the EU includes official status of Catalan on its agenda for October 24th meeting
The provisional agenda for the meeting includes, once again, the question of amending the regulations to include Catalan
Tuesday, 10 of october of 2023 - 21:01
Olivér Várhely, the 'rogue' European commissioner who created chaos over the status of Palestine aid
The Commission's head spokesperson appeared this Tuesday to clarify what happened on Monday afternoon
Tuesday, 10 of october of 2023 - 19:54
Spain asks Europol to correct report wrongly linking Catalan independence movement to terrorism
Spanish interior ministry responds to a request by Carles Puigdemont and seeks rectification of Europol's annual report
Wednesday, 27 of september of 2023 - 21:31
Puigdemont demands "diligence" from Sánchez on EU status of Catalan: "We've waited long enough"
Catalan president-in-exile acknowledges that the process of officializing Catalan in the EU "has never got this far"
Tuesday, 19 of september of 2023 - 22:47
Catalan in the EU: the Spanish executive takes a blow, but will continue its bid
With Junts insistent, Pedro Sánchez will now make a Catalan officiality proposal first, upsetting the Galicians and Basques
Tuesday, 19 of september of 2023 - 20:31
The EU postpones the vote on the official status of Catalan due to a lack of agreement
Spain has had to withdraw its proposal after failing to reach unanimity among the representatives of the 27
Tuesday, 19 of september of 2023 - 11:45
Aragonès puts the case for Catalan to be official in the EU: "A language that defines us as Europeans"
Catalonia's president publishes an article in four European media with the title 'Speaking Catalan in Europe'
Monday, 18 of september of 2023 - 19:40
Spain offers to pay costs of officializing Catalan in the EU, but doubts remain among the 27
EU member states want an opinion from legal services and time to study the possible economic and political impact of the move
Friday, 15 of september of 2023 - 21:42
Finland adds its doubts to those of Sweden over allowing Catalan as an EU language
The Finnish government believes that expanding the list of official languages could "slow down decision-making"
Friday, 15 of september of 2023 - 18:39
Sweden shows itself reluctant to grant official EU status to Catalan
In Stockholm they argue that there are "many minority languages" in the EU that are not official
Wednesday, 13 of september of 2023 - 19:37
The proposal to regulate the right to self-determination in the European Union
Proposal by MEPs emphasises the European dimension of self-determination processes and the role that the EU must play
Tuesday, 12 of september of 2023 - 23:07
EU's Council includes officiality of Catalan, Basque and Galician in its agenda for September 19th
The proposal to grant official EU status to the three languages will be accepted if no member state vetoes it
Tuesday, 5 of september of 2023 - 22:34
These are the steps required for Catalan to become the European Union's 25th official language
The Spanish government has to take 4 steps for Catalan, Basque and Galician to join the EU's current 24 official languages
Friday, 18 of august of 2023 - 17:47
Spain slips the Catalan independence movement into a Europol terrorist list
Europol explains that the information to include Catalan independence in the terrorist list was provided by Spain
Thursday, 29 of june of 2023 - 21:51
Pedro Sánchez gives up opening address to Spain's EU presidency after PP pressure
Due to the snap election on July 23rd, the Spanish government has asked for the opening speech to be moved to September
Friday, 2 of june of 2023 - 19:57
Leaked document reveals that Spain wants to ban end-to-end message encryption
'Wired' magazine denounces the "extreme" posture of Spain in calling for state access to all messages between citizens
Tuesday, 23 of may of 2023 - 23:27
Pedro Sánchez, still sitting on the EU Covid funds which he presented as Spain's panacea
Of the €77 billion of EU funding agreed, less than 12% has actually reached companies, according to Reuters
Friday, 21 of april of 2023 - 19:46
