Further discussions on EU status for Catalan, Basque and Galician: French Foreign Minister Barnier warns against ‘re-opening difficult issues’

There have been further developments on last week's Spanish government decision at the inter-governmental conference (IGC) for recognition at the EU level of the official languages in Spain other than Spanish, that is Basque, Catalan and Galician. The aim is to give these languages a similar status to Irish. While European Parliament leader Pat Cox warmly welcomed the proposal in Catalonia yesterday, French Foreign Minister, Michel Barnier, warned against the 'reopening of difficult issues'.

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