Common front of the opposition and unions against the PP's amendments that threaten Catalan-language schools

PalmOpposition parties and various educational unions have urged the PP to support a particular vote related to the amendments of the strategic projects law that affect teaching in Catalan. The initiative will be registered this Friday in the Parliament and must be discussed on Tuesday during the law's panel meeting. This could involve the withdrawal of amendments linked to access to public service for teachers without the Catalan requirement and also the exemption of the Catalan language for students temporarily displaced to the Balearic Islands.

The PSIB's deputy general secretary, Rosario Sánchez, has presented this proposal, which has the support of MÉS per Mallorca, Unides Podem, and various teaching unions. Representatives of the socialists and the UGT, STEI, and Alternativa Docent unions have met to address this "shared demand," with the aim of confronting the "attacks" by the Government against Catalan within the educational sphere. On behalf of STEI, Catalina Bibiloni, has defined the amendments as a "PP blow" and has warned that they will cause an "alteration" in the usual functioning of educational centers.

The teaching secretary of UGT Balearic Islands, Azahar Tortonda, has reproached that these two amendments have been processed "behind the backs" of the educational community and the Public Education Board, a space where—she recalled—issues such as the access of future teachers to public service are negotiated. For his part, the representative of Alternativa, Miquel Ángel Santos, has called on the educational community to "mobilize," as he considers that the amendments "violate" the Statute of Autonomy, the Law of Linguistic Normalization, and the Minimum Decree.