The first measures promoted by Carlos Mazón at the head of the Generalitat Valenciana against the linguistic immersion of his predecessor were rebelled to the self-proclaimed ‘NGO of the Catalan‘, the Platform for Language. Among other issues, they categorically reject the lowering of the language level as a condition for civil servants and the authorization of regional television to broadcast certain content in Spanish.
In a review of the “first year of the president marked by Castilianization of the Valencian Country”, according to the analysis of this entity, its management record of the popular leader only recognizes a “positive, but modest change”: The Ministry of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism in July and August last year “only published its own message in Valencian in
In contrast to this restricted context – in the opinion of the Platform for Languages - there has been a “turn “systematic control of language”, mainly through the law on educational freedom (which allows families to choose the language in classrooms) and the At Punt.
In the case of this audiovisual channel with radio and television, they consider that “Valencian is already marginalized”, despite the fact that the programming is carried out in this language and that only a few interviewees speak Spanish, and they denounce that “the proposal of the Executive chaired by Mazón opens the door to the inclusion of content In Castilian and violates the mission of promoting Valencian that public television had until now.
Furthermore, they assure that “it is a new offense of the Law of Autonomy”, because “the public authorities are legally obliged to grant special protection and respect to the recovery of Valencian”.
Likewise, they point out that the text of this law for the Audiovisual Society does not respect the European Charter regional or minority languages, an extreme that has been denied by entities defending Spanish and against impositions such as the Alicante Languages and Education.
Regarding the new educational regulations that will already be partially applied from next week with the start of the school year, says the Catalan NGO that “seeks exterminate he Valencian“, by not maintaining the teaching lines exclusively in this language.
Regarding the plan of Administrative simplificationconstitutes according to him “the most recent attack against Valencian”, because “it removes its weight by removing the obligation of the Administration to initiate communications in Valencian and reduced from C1 to B1 requirement “minimum staff”, the latter detail, in reference to the requirement of the linguistic qualification for civil servants.
In this review, the Platform for Language also refers to its participation in the demonstrations organized since last spring against the language policy, alongside other entities that it does not identify, but which declare themselves aligned with nationalism and – in some cases – with the independence movement.
