The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) and its member organisations that represent Catalan, Basque and Galician, will be holding a press conference next Monday 18th September at 16.00 in the press centre of the European Parliament, Brussels.
The organisations will discuss their ongoing campaigns for official status, the benefits it will bring to their languages, and other details about inclusion as a full EU official language.
In July the Spanish Government issued a proposal calling on the EU Council to make Catalan, Basque and Galician EU official languages. On the 19th September the issue is set to be discussed and voted upon at the EU Council.
Organisations at the press conference
Òmnium Cultural, Plataforma per la Llengua and CIEMEN from Catalonia
A Mesa pola Normalización Lingüística from Galicia
Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua from the Basque Country
Obra Cultura Balear (OCB) from the Balearic Islands
European Language Equality Network (ELEN).
The event is also supported by Acció Cultural País Valencià.
The event will be broadcast live on: https://ep.interactio.eu/66e2-hy1p-1w4u
Hashtag for the event #GalEusCatEUOfficial
Contact details
Kontseilua (Euskara): aingeru@kontseilua.eus +34 696 981 662
A Mesa (Galego): cvieito@amesa.gal +34 604 071 394
Òmnium Cultural (Català): aajanovic@omnium.cat +34 627 205 115.
Plataforma per la Llengua (Català): polcruzcorominas@gmail.com +34 646 543 096.
ELEN: elen.secretariat@elen.ngo