On Tuesday 27 May, at Spain’s request, the European Affairs ministers of the European Union countries were invited to give their opinion on Spain’s request to grant Catalan, Basque and Galician the status of official languages of the EU. Madrid’s request was not granted.
During the in camera debate at the General Affairs Council, around a third of the Member States said they understood the Spanish request, but wanted to have more information, particularly on financial and legal...