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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Catalan Civil Society]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changes in Catalan Civil Society: economic drain and a former Socialist leader in Isla's time]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/changes-in-catalan-civil-society-economic-drain-and-former-socialist-leader-in-isla-s-time_1_5397213.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/21fb8cde-d638-4236-ab93-534c70940409_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The pro-Spanish entity Sociedad Civil Catalana (SCC) is in the midst of a transition process. After <a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/movements-toward-spanish-nationalism-the-president-of-catalan-civil-society-folds-and-prominent-former-socialist-plans-to-join-the-party_25_5372960.html" target="_blank">the resignation of its president, Elda Mata, at the beginning of May</a>The members' meeting took place this Friday, consolidating the financial drain of the entity, which continues to fall in spending and has lost relevance since the post-process. Furthermore, the entity has also undergone a slight shift in management. The new president is a former Socialist who was on Miquel Iceta's list in the 2017 Catalan elections and who has always had a very close profile to the PSC: Álex Ramos, who until now was the organization's vice president. He was elected by 99.1% of the vote to lead a board that will have the jurist and expert in constitutional law Teresa Freixes as vice president. The meeting, held this Friday night, was attended by 103 members.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Palós]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 May 2025 07:01:01 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The new president of Societat Civil Catalana, Álex Ramos, spoke at the entity's general meeting this Friday night.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Alex Ramos is elected president while the entity's budget is reduced by 60,000 euros, having suffered a cut of one million euros compared to 2018.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Against Catalan, obsessively]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/opinion/against-catalan-obsessively_129_5326622.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/073fce8a-9113-4bdb-8b22-82779d2ea719_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1033607.jpg" /></p><p>It is a very interesting read. <a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/the-pro-spanish-organizations-extend-their-war-against-catalan-to-valencia-and-the-balearic-islands_1_5325291.html" >Roger Palós' report</a> in this newspaper about the pro-Spanish entities that act against Catalan-language schools in Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. Sociedad Civil Catalana (with its derivatives: Sociedad Civil Valenciana and Sociedad Civil Balear), Escuela de Todos, Asamblea por una Escuela Bilingüe, and Hablamos Español are dedicated to combating the teaching of Catalan and in Catalan in the Catalan Countries, a reality that, according to them, does not exist. However, the territories or communities that they are part of do, curiously, have in common the fact that they have Losada, when he says that they are established mainly in Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands because "the situation is much more complicated": the "complication" must be understood as the fact that people speak Catalan. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Alzamora]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:34:58 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Demonstration against the amnesty called by the Catalan Civil Society.]]></media:title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The pro-Spanish organizations extend their war against Catalan to Valencia and the Balearic Islands.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/the-pro-spanish-organizations-extend-their-war-against-catalan-to-valencia-and-the-balearic-islands_1_5325291.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/727b354c-2264-4575-a63f-06244fbbf048_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>First it was in Catalonia, but now the Spanish-speaking organizations that fight Catalan in schools are expanding their borders and are operating in both the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands. The latest chapter has been the <a href="https://en.ara.cat/society/50-53-of-families-choose-valencian-as-their-vehicular-language-compared-to-49-47-who-choose-castilian_1_5306343.html" target="_blank">consultation about the language in the Valencian Country</a>, in which Escuela de Todos was seen appearing before the Valencian Ombudsman. Last Monday, it was made public that the platform of entities born in Catalonia to defend Spanish in schools had reported 78 Valencian town councils to the regional ombudsman for "violating the rules of institutional neutrality by publicly requesting families choose Valencian as the primary language of education." Eight of these town councils are PP-affiliated—such as Xàbia and Sueca—two of them in coalition with Vox. According to the organization, they did not find any council that requested a vote for Spanish.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Palós]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:01:45 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Head of the demonstration "against the Catalan Countries".]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The School for All has been expanding throughout the territory, while Societat Civil Catalana has reproduced the models in the rest of the Catalan Countries.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spanish civil society is now spreading to Europe to stop Puigdemont's return: "He has a lot to say about the amnesty."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/spanish-civil-society-is-now-spreading-to-europe-to-stop-puigdemont-s-return-he-has-lot-to-say-about-the-amnesty_1_5314249.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/5eb75c19-46f0-4831-b5b4-e4495991b704_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>During the independence process, the independence movement relied on the slogan, "Europe is watching us," which gained popularity and was ridiculed by Spanish nationalism. Now, civil Spanish nationalism is also catching on to this European hope, in this case seeking justice to overturn the amnesty in cases of embezzlement and, consequently, prevent the return of exiles—among them former President Carles Puigdemont—who simultaneously have a criminal case open in the Supreme Court. Paradoxically, those who had sanctified the rulings of the Constitutional Court have now lost faith in them because there is a progressive majority.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Palós]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:35:38 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The president of Catalan Civil Society, Elda Mata, in a recent image]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Catalan Civil Society is clinging to the CJEU's request to overturn the law in cases of embezzlement and expects a ruling by the end of the year.]]></subtitle>
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