Spanish Push for EU to Adopt Catalan Buoys Separatist Talks
- European affairs ministers agree to hold technical discussions
- Spain’s Albares says government to move as fast as possible
The bloc’s European affairs ministers agreed at a meeting in Brussels to continue discussions on Spain’s proposal for Catalan, Basque and Galician to be adopted.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s bid to convince separatists to hand him the votes he needs to secure another term was kept afloat on Tuesday by his government’s efforts to have Catalan added as an official European Union language.
The bloc’s European affairs ministers agreed at a meeting in Brussels to continue discussions on Spain’s proposal for Catalan, Basque and Galician to be adopted.