The Supreme Court on
Wednesday handed downadopted by them
three sentences forcing the regional government of Catalonia to adopt “whatever measures are necessary” to ensure that Spanish is considered a working language in
the education system along
with Catalan.
The decisions are the result of lawsuits brought by
parents demanding their
right to educate their children in Spanish, after the Catalan government denied
them that possibility in 2006.
Catalonia follows an “immersion” policy that favors the
use of the regional language,
although families in theory
have the right to ask for education in Spanish.
“The Supreme Court decision does not cancel nor force
a modification of any article
of the Catalan legislation currently in force,” said acting
Catalan education commissioner Ernest Maragall, arguing that the decisions only affect “individual situations.”
Meanwhile, the CiU nationalist bloc, which won November’s regional elections,
reached a deal with the Catalan Socialists to ensure that
CiUleader ArturMas is invested as regional premier today.