The ultra-nationalistic Spanish government continues its policy of language suppression in the Balearic islands. The government has completely eliminated Catalan language immersion in elementary and secondary schools.
A few weeks ago the government published the draft of the decree on trilingualism, which
requires schools that want to teach in Catalan to submit a parental
guarantee equal to or greater than 65%.
The
Spanish government has finally managed to cancel the minimal
presence of Catalan in social life and institutions of the Balearic Islands.
Through
indiscriminate and not agreed upon cuts to the Language Policy Instituion, Radios,
Majorca TV, and organizations working for the Catalan language, among others, the
government has ensured a true apartheid against Catalan.
The
publication of the draft caused immediate reactions. Some
unions have made clear their objections to a decree that does not guarantee 50%
of instruction in Catalan, and they have announced that they will appeal the law in the courts.
The organization Balearic
Cultural Work (OCB) has also expressed its utter rejection and anger over the draft
decree, which they described as aiming to "eliminate Catalan from of
the Balearic Islands educational system."
"The
nationalist government speech is merely an excuse. the sole purpose of the
executive is to deny the right of citizens of the Balearic Islands to enroll
their children in their own language," they added.
Bring the spanish goverment to the tribunals of Strassburgo, nobody can forbid you to speak your own language.