The abbot of Montserrat claims Catalan as part of the "identity of the European Union" in opposition to the President of the European Parliament.

The abbot of Montserrat, Manel Gasch, has defended the use of Catalan before the President of the European Parliament and the top brass of the Spanish People's Party (PP) in the European Parliament and the European People's Party (PP). "Catalan is a language that is part of the identity of the European Union," he said in Catalonia's own language.