More than four years have passed since the Catalan Independence Referendum, but the courts continue to hear cases brought against its instigators. This Monday, Catalan culture minister Natàlai Garriga appeared before Catalonia's High Court over her role in the vote. Back in 2017, she was the head of staff of the Department of the Vice-Presidency and Economy and was one of those arrested in the Guardia Civil operation on September 20, 2017 at the headquarters of that department. Garriga has denied any type of embezzlement and, in addition, has defended that she was never sent any communications by the Constitutional Court relating to the referendum. In fact, she has asked for a document to be issued to attest it.

Catalan is in clear decline in the classroom and is spoken less and less. "We want to reverse this situation and we want to do it now, we have to take action", said the Catalan Minister Josep González-Cambray this morning, during the presentation of the data and a new action plan for the promotion of Catalan in the classroom. "We are entering a new stage in language policy", said the Catalan Minister of Culture, Natàlia Garriga, who also appeared to explain that the promotion plan will be carried out not only by the Department of Education, but in a cross-cutting manner with all the Government's departments. "I don't want to be alarmist: the Catalan language has weaknesses, but it also has opportunities", said Garriga.