Barcelona will have a commissioner for Catalan and will focus on bars and restaurants

BarcelonaRestaurants should display their labels in Catalan and their employees should speak it. The City Council should use Catalan in its communications and speeches. The annual financial contribution to the Consortium for the Linguistic Normalisation of Barcelona should be increased by one million euros. That the 68 measures to promote Catalan be implemented

This Friday, two proposals from Junts and ERC were approved in the February plenary session, which had the support of the PSC and BComú, which, together, represent some eighty measures —some very specific and others less so— that should contribute to reversing the decline in the social use of Catalan. all the surveys corroborate. Juntos has "reproved the inaction of the municipal government" and has asked Collboni to stop "posturing" and to move forward with the measures that he has been agreeing and approving but not applying, as is the case of the implementation of the 68 measures designed in the last legislature (and approved in September 2023) for linguistic normalization (approved in November 2024). Even A year ago they had already committed to ERC to create the Catalan Language Office

Josep Lluís Franco Rabell (PSC) has stated that there are measures that are already being developed, such as a subsidy to the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) to deploy actions aimed at young people, the 1.8 million euros that he will contribute to the Consorci and the educational lines of the Pla de Barris to encourage its use. He also recalled that Catalan is the vehicular language of the City Council.

Catalan in restaurants and shops

ERC and the Gremi de Restauració have designed a plan that includes providing workers in the restaurant sector with basic training in Catalan, as well as a basic illustrated vocabulary. Tools will also be offered to introduce this language in signage, menus, signage and web pages. Establishments will also be informed about current legislation on language policy when granting them a business opening license and compliance with the Consumer Code regulations will be ensured. "It is increasingly difficult to find a menu written in Catalan, although we can find it in Korean or Russian," criticized Elisenda Alamany (ERC) wearing a T-shirt that said "Less brunch and more vermouth!"

Among the points included in the Junts proposal is that Barcelona should act as the country's capital in the fight against the linguistic emergency, defend the linguistic immersion in Catalan in the educational system and promote the acceptance of the official status of Catalan in the European Union. Among the 68 measures of the last legislature, also approved for the second time this legislature, there were proposals such as the creation of Digital Floral Games, the training of leisure monitors and trainers in linguistic awareness, Catalan courses and the campaign Good morning to you, to invite businesses to use Catalan.