Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Catalan and Spanish-European comedy'

At the time of recording this video we continued awaiting the vote of the 27 EU member states on the official status of Catalan, Galician, and Basque in the EU institutions. At this point, the cards are on the table: the Spanish government, bound by its investiture pacts, has been trying for months to achieve official status, while the PP, which belongs to the party with the largest representation in the European Parliament, try the opposite.

The Spanish government is doing this out of self-interest, not conviction. The days are not far behind when the Speaker of the Congress of Deputies was a Socialist (and Catalan) and Catalan wasn't allowed in Congress. The PSOE's multilingual sensitivity was no different from that of the PP. What has changed now is that to hold out until 2027, Pedro Sánchez needs the votes of Junts, Esquerra, the PNV, and Bildu. In a democracy, politics is like that; it's driven by incentives, and the PSOE's is greater. That's why it first approved the pardons and then, a year ago, the amnesty. That's why it's important to go out and vote, because dependence on a minority party can force a majority party to do things it wouldn't want to do.

While, The PP is against Catalan in Europe out of conviction and necessityBut don't doubt for a minute that if Juntos or the PNV could invest Feijóo, we'd have the PP defending the official status of Catalan with the faith of a convert. Remember: in 1996, Aznar received the votes of Convergència in exchange for a portion of the mandatory income tax. I insist: votes are used to achieve these goals. miracles.

You've already heard people say that the way Europe is, with Netanyahu's ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the tariffs under Trump, here we are, talking about Catalan. Yes, it's not someone's fault, it's Catalan. Catalan. And now they've found it again.

Good morning.