Eduardo González
The Spanish Government has welcomed the decision taken on Tuesday by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to extend the use of Spanish co-official languages to the interventions of its members in plenary sessions.
“For almost 20 years, Spanish co-official languages have been used normally in most European institutions, with the same naturalness as they are used in Spain in both legislative chambers, as well as in all aspects of life and public administration in the Autonomous Communities with co-official languages, in their autonomous governments and parliaments, provincial councils and town councils,” the Government declared in a statement.
“The promotion of the use of co-official languages in the European Union is a priority of the Government, to achieve the objective of bringing our multilingual national identity to Europe and bringing the institutions closer to the citizens,” it continued.
With this decision, “from now on, our languages can also be used by the members of the European Economic and Social Committee in plenary sessions,” he concluded.
The European Economic and Social Committee is an EU advisory body composed of representatives of workers’ and employers’ organisations and other interest groups. It issues opinions on EU issues to the European Commission, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament, and acts as a bridge between the decision-making institutions of the Union and European citizens.
