Catalan must be an official language of the European Union. It is only fair that one of the historical languages ​​of Europe, with more speakers than many other official languages, should enjoy the recognition it deserves. Official status is an important and necessary step to make all Catalan speakers feel better represented by Europe’s institutions, which are also ours.

In this regard, the People’s Party never fails to turn out. The Spanish right did not want Catalonia’s Generalitat government, they did not want more powers for Catalonia, they did not want public broadcasters TV3 or Catalunya Ràdio, they did not want Catalan language immersion in schools, they did not want the Catalan Mossos police force, they did not want the Statute—Catalonia’s basic law, they did not want the independence referendum, they did not want pardons, they did not want Catalan in the Spanish Congress, they did not want amnesty… and now they do not want Catalan to be made official in Europe. And like everything else, they will eventually be overcome.

Because the will of the Catalans as a people, their ambition and their national consciousness will not stop at however many obstacles they find in their path.

Nevertheless, we cannot ignore the responsibility of the Spanish government. The PSOE, which claims to defend Catalan, today has the capacity to promote this recognition in Europe, and they have not done their homework. Good words are of little use if they are not accompanied by real commitment, diplomatic determination and political will to make Catalan official in the EU.

However, official status alone does not guarantee the vitality of a language. The future of Catalan is at stake, in everyday life above all: at home, in the street, at work, on social networks and in leisure.
The best way to defend it is to speak it, making it present everywhere. It is this social force that must continue to push for institutions to place the Catalan language in its rightful place. We will continue to work tirelessly to achieve this.