Young people and social media are two of the areas where Catalan is experiencing the most pronounced decline. Only 25% of young people They declare themselves Catalan speakers, a figure that rises to 40% if we include those who identify as bilingual, according to the latest Survey of Youth in Catalonia. The shift in cultural habits is also a factor. Young people's culture is increasingly virtual, and they don't frequent the traditional spaces where the government could have had an impact with public policies promoting Catalan: 70% of young people don't go to the theater, 50% don't go to museums or concerts, and 30% don't even watch television, according to [source missing]. a survey by Òmnium CulturalThe Barcelona City Council inaugurated this Thursday the House of Digital Creation in Catalan by focusing efforts on these two areas: young people and networks. But what do they think, the influencers From Catalan, about the situation of the language? We have spoken with some of the most influential specialists in the field today.

With the newspaper headlines highlighting Catalan as the great claim of the Diada, the ARA interviews Marta Salicrú (Barcelona, ​​​​1980) two months after being appointed as the first Commissioner for Social Use of Catalan of Barcelona City Council. A journalist by profession, and for six years director of Radio Primavera Sound, she says the assignment took her by surprise but she couldn't say no: "I'm a hard worker and so far I've stepped out of every project I've been involved with. I'm certain that I'm going to work hard and it will serve what articulates my Catalan identity. She's wearing a Salsa Romesco T-shirt with "seny i rauxa" printed on it.

In the midst of the hangover from the linguistic controversy caused for a Catalanophobic work contracted by Barcelona City Council and by viral anti-Catalan speeches On social media, the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, presented this Friday the new commissioner for the Use of Catalan in Barcelona, Journalist Marta Salicrú (Barcelona, 1980), until now director of Radio Primavera Sound.

The journalist Marta Salicrú, who was previously the director of Radio Primavera Sound, has been chosen as the first language commissioner for Barcelona City Council, according to ARA. She will report directly to Mayor Jaume Collboni. This position emerges from the stability pact between the PSC and ERC, in which they agreed to create three commissioners in the areas of tourism (where José Donaire has been appointed), rehabilitation, and language policy.