The decision on the officiality of Basque, Catalan and Galician

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The EU slows the mood about the civil servant of Catalan, Basque and Galician in the absence of unanimity between the twenty -seven.

The countries of the European Union postponed Tuesday Votes about the official of Basque, Catalan and Galician In the European Union, in the absence of unanimity between the twenty -seven for legal, financial and political doubts. The proposal must be held unanimously, without any voice against, and the final abstentions do not add.

A dozen countries have explicitly asked to withdraw the vote of the agenda, as the Spanish government had asked; And Poland, which possesses the rotating chairmanship of the EU and corresponds to moderately the debates, has decided to postpone the issue for later.

Since this morning, doubts have been extended with regard to the debate to formalize Basque, Catalan and Galician in the European Union and allow their use within European institutions.

Doubts between some countries

The initiative, promoted by the Spanish government, went to vote on Tuesday at the Council of General Affairs of the European Union (EU), although various Member States, including Finland, Sweden, Austria or Croatia, had expressed their legal and financial doubts from the first hour.

France and Cyprus have since been more understandable and have underlined the importance of this issue in Spain, while Denmark has improved that the proposal will not be opposed, as well as Slovenia, which has indicated that it will support the petition if there is a vote.

In recent weeks the Spanish government He has intensified contacts with his European partners to try to overcome the reservation of the issue of European partners such as Italy or Baltic States.

If approved, the official languages ​​would go from 24 to 27 and according to the regulations are languages ​​of use and working in all community institutions.

The law concludes that the costs of its application are financed with the budget of the European Union, although the Spanish government has offered to accept everything, which would mean an exception. The Spanish state has not offered any concrete figures for the budget effort that would be the official competitions, although Brussels pointed in a preliminary investigation in December 2023 that could assume that About 132 million euros per yearonly based on the Gaelian experience.

Source: EITB

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