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Title: Compulsory Catalan Post by Nigel on Apr 1st, 2009 at 9:34am
Multas de hasta 600 € para los locales de hostelería que no sepan atender en catalán
"Fines of up to 600 euros for (bars/restaurants/hotels) that can't attend in Catalan" The Generalitat have put into operation an inspection of hostelries in tourist areas to ensure they have at least one person who can attend to clients in Catalan. If not then the establishment is liable to a fine of up to 600 euros. The establishment must also have signing/labelling, menus and complaints forms available in Catalan. Full article here: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/457312/0/hosteleria/catalan/lengua/ Also... El Parlamento Europeo rechaza el derecho a elegir la lengua de educación de los hijos "The European parliament rejects the right to elect the language of education of children" They say that it is essential to preserve 'multiliguism' in zones where there are more than one official language. More here: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/459012/0/parlamento/europa/catalan/ It gets better(!) Los multados por usar el castellano podrán denunciar "acoso lingüístico" en una web Those fined for using Castellano will be able to report "Linguistic harrasment" on the web A web site has been set up to report incidents of Linguistic Harrasment by the Generalitat of businesses and commercial enterprises who only use Castellano in their workplace: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/460233/0/acoso/linguistico/ciutadans/ And finally (?) Multas para los imigrantes y extranjeros que no tiene un nivel basico en catalán "Fines for immigrants and foreigners who don't have a basic level of Catalan" Fines are being introduced (the amount to be determined) for foreigners who don't have a basic level of Catalan. The Generalitat offer free courses of Catalan to all foreigners and a minimum level of 'Nivel Basico 1' (Basic level 1) will be needed to avoid the fine. http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/460255/0/multa/linguistico/extranjeros/ |
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