European experts confirm that Spain is still treating Catalan-speakers as second-class citizens and they recommend that the position of Catalan in the justice system and the State public authorities be improved immediately More info about "We demand that the Spanish State take notice of the Council of Europe’s recommendations on compliance with CELRoM"
The Catalan NGO considers this extremely urgent after the case at El Prat Airport of a Flemish citizen recently operated on for colon cancer who was forced to show the content of the stoma bag he has worn since the operation and harassed by the Civil Guard for speaking Catalan More info about "We demand immediate measures from the Spanish government delegate to stop language discrimination by the police"
Board member of Plataforma per la Llengua Josep-Anton Fernàndez will give a lecture on the situation of the Catalan language in Spain and the European Union during the Festival of Ideas. More info about "The University of Cambridge hosts the exhibition “The Catalan Language: 10 million European voices”"
Jafet Pinedo reported the officers for abuse of power, false arrest, verbal aggression and false allegations
The officers' trial, set for this morning, could not be held because they failed to appear
Plataforma per la Llengua is advising and supporting the victim More info about "The Spanish National Police Force apply the “Gagging Act” to a cyclist for speaking to them in Valencian"
Only 14.6% of conversations in primary and secondary school playgrounds in urban areas of Catalonia are in Catalan, as the organisation announced a few weeks ago
"What's at stake isn't just the language, it is, above all, social cohesion," warns Òscar Escuder, chairman of Plataforma per la Llengua
"A high percentage of teenagers don't see Catalan as an attractive, useful tool belonging to them," warns the Catalan NGO
"The state of the language requires us to act on all possible fronts," says Escuder More info about "Plataforma per la Llengua warns of the language situation in school playgrounds and invites the education community to begin a national campaign"
Plataforma per la Llengua received 570 complaints from Catalan-speakers who saw their language rights infringed.
The organisation reported 25 cases of serious language discrimination by the public authorities last year. More info about "Language discrimination complaints up 32% in 2018"
This is just one of the statistics from InformeCAT 2019, a compilation of 50 pieces of data on the position of Catalan, presented by Plataforma per la Llengua on 20th June
"The position of the language, in terms of social use and linguistic rights, is worrying," says Òscar Escuder, chairman of Plataforma per la Llengua
Unemployment among Spanish-speakers who use Catalan is half what it is among those who don't regularly speak it More info about "Only two out of every ten Catalan-speakers feel secure speaking their language in front of a Spanish-speaking judge"
Westminster will host the talk entitled "The Catalan language, an inconvenient truth" by the President of Plataforma per la Llengua More info about "Òscar Escuder to give a talk at British Parliament and University of Cambridge on Catalan language situation"
The Spanish Tax Agency has reminded its staff, via the intranet, that "we will never provide" the option to be addressed in a co-official language
A Treasury employee has reported this to Plataforma per la Llengua, who will take the case to the Council of Europe
"Whether the PP or PSOE is in power, the State is very clear: Catalans pay taxes as first-class citizens, but we are treated as second-class citizens", insists the Catalan-language NGO More info about "Spanish Treasury orders staff not to provide telephone service in Catalan"
The exhibition organized by Plataforma per la Llengua (Platform for the Catalan Language) had been previously censored and banned by the Chamber, although it was subsequently authorized.
"This is not just a matter of linguistic rights, it's about rights in general: freedom and democracy is at stake" stated Mr. Puigdemont
Exiled Ministers Ms. Serret, Mr. Comín, Mr. Puig and Ms. Ponsati also attended the event together with MEPs of all parliamentary groups and representatives of civil society
"We just want to have the same rights that speakers of other European languages have" insisted Mr. Òscar Escuder, president of the Plataforma per la Llengua More info about "Exiled Catalan President, Mr. Carles Puigdemont, enters the European Parliament for the first time since he is in Belgium for the opening ceremony of the exhibition “The Catalan Language: 10 million European voices”"
