Sanchez’s Premier Bid Is at Risk Over Catalan Language Demand
- Sanchez needs the support of the Catalan party to win new term
- Puigdemont has demanded Catalan added as European language
As part of political negotiations, Sanchez’s Socialist party committed to have Catalan, Basque and Galician made into official European working languages.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s bid to have Catalan added as an official European Union language is running into problems, complicating his effort to draw the support of a separatist party whose votes he needs to win another term as premier.
Sweden became the first member state to express reluctance for the push, with the government saying on Wednesday that it’s “hesitant” to add Catalan. Adoption of new languages require the unanimous support of all 27 of the bloc’s countries.