The Spanish Tax Agency has reminded its staff, via the intranet, that "we will never provide" the option to be addressed in a co-official language

A Treasury employee has reported this to Plataforma per la Llengua, who will take the case to the Council of Europe

"Whether the PP or PSOE is in power, the State is very clear: Catalans pay taxes as first-class citizens, but we are treated as second-class citizens", insists the Catalan-language NGO More info about "Spanish Treasury orders staff not to provide telephone service in Catalan"

The exhibition organized by Plataforma per la Llengua (Platform for the Catalan Language) had been previously censored and banned by the Chamber, although it was subsequently authorized.

"This is not just a matter of linguistic rights, it's about rights in general: freedom and democracy is at stake" stated Mr. Puigdemont

Exiled Ministers Ms. Serret, Mr. Comín, Mr. Puig and Ms. Ponsati also attended the event together with MEPs of all parliamentary groups and representatives of civil society

"We just want to have the same rights that speakers of other European languages have" insisted Mr. Òscar Escuder, president of the Plataforma per la Llengua More info about "Exiled Catalan President, Mr. Carles Puigdemont, enters the European Parliament for the first time since he is in Belgium for the opening ceremony of the exhibition “The Catalan Language: 10 million European voices”"

Following negotiations by teams representing MEP Ramon Tremosa and the Catalan NGO, the European Parliament has finally lifted the ban on the exhibition

"The Catalan Language: 10 million voices" will be unveiled on 4 March, as planned

"It was the only possible outcome: it is unheard of for the European Parliament to ban an exhibition on a European language", explained Òscar Escuder, President of Plataforma per la Llengua More info about "European Parliament rectifies and authorises censored Plataforma per la Llengua exhibition on Catalan language"

The Catalan NGO, invited by MEP Tremosa, was due to unveil the exhibition entitled "The Catalan Language: 10 million voices" on 4 March

The European Parliament has cancelled the display, following various censorships of its content, citing the proximity of the Spanish elections as its excuse

"This is a new case of censorship by an institution which should be a great defender of freedom of expression: we do not identify with this way of understanding the European Union", states Òscar Escuder, President of Plataforma per la Llengua

A conference on Catalonia by Ortega Smith, Secretary General of VOX, is scheduled for 6 March at the European Parliament, and this has not been censored More info about "European Parliament also censors Plataforma per la Llengua exhibition on Catalan language"

The NGO of the Catalan language has received over 155 complaints of serious linguistic discrimination by the Public Administration since 2007, 23 of which have taken place in 2018

The Organization will put forward an action plan to Spanish President Pedro Sánchez

Òscar Escuder, President of Plataforma per la Llengua: "If the Spanish government does not act, it will be complicit in the discrimination we are suffering"

The website www.proudecatalanofobia.cat will collect signatures and send thousands of letters to the Spanish Government. More info about "“No more anti-Catalanism”: Plataforma per la Llengua denounces the impunity of linguistic discrimination"

Plataforma per la Llengua presented the resolutions at the European Language Equality Network General Assembly in Dublin More info about "The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) approves three resolutions in favour of civil and linguistic rights in Catalan-speaking territories"

The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) works to represent European minorities through the protection and promotion of their identity, language, culture and rights and character.    More info about "La Plataforma per la Llengua is officially accepted as an associate member of the FUEN network"

Plataforma per la Llengua established collaboration with the association Suomi-Katalonia, a Finnish organization that promotes cultural exchange between Finland and Catalonia. More info about ""The Catalan language" guide, now available in finish"

Focussed on the neighbourhoods of Sants, Gràcia, Sant Andreu, Barceloneta and Born Sud, and Dreta de l'Eixample, this guide, by Plataforma per la Llengua, the Catalan-language NGO, aims to show a side of Barcelona that is far away from the tourist mainstream. More info about "BCN Off Track: an alternative tourist guide to Barcelona by Plataforma per la Llengua"

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg with a two day high level conference from June 18th to 19th with State representatives, NGOs and experts in attendance. More info about "ELEN proposes new measures to improve implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"