CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoEU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official languagewww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkEU countries resist Spain on making Catalan official languagewww.politico.euCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareObelix@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThe argument seems to be “please, Spain, deal with your local seperatist movement without pushing those efforts and costs onto us”
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThe EU pays for translations for a lot of languages with less speakers than Catalan. If they logic is to “save money, let’s use another language”, then let’s just drop all of them and just speak English. Education in Catalunya is given in Catalan. Some people only speak that language, the same way some Croats probably only speak Croatian. Recognizing a language isn’t separatism.
The argument seems to be “please, Spain, deal with your local seperatist movement without pushing those efforts and costs onto us”
The EU pays for translations for a lot of languages with less speakers than Catalan.
If they logic is to “save money, let’s use another language”, then let’s just drop all of them and just speak English.
Education in Catalunya is given in Catalan. Some people only speak that language, the same way some Croats probably only speak Croatian.
Recognizing a language isn’t separatism.