40 years after the approval of the Linguistic Normalization Law (LNL), we can affirm that the Catalan language in the Balearic Islands does not suffer from a lack of laws, but from a lack of political will. This is the central idea that emerges when we analyze the trajectory of a tool that, at the time, was essential. That norm established the legal framework necessary to make the official status of Catalan effective and allowed for undeniable advances in areas such as administration, education, and the media. But, above all, it was born from a unanimous political consensus that today, four decades later, seems almost a miracle. A political consensus that was accompanied by a civic movement, led by the OCB, which called for a legal framework for the regulation and protection of the Catalan language, which other territories and other languages of the Spanish state already had. 

The Balearic Islands High Court (TSJB) has once again rejected the imposition of a 25% Spanish-language instruction requirement in classrooms. The court dismissed an appeal from a father who requested that his son receive at least 25% of his classes in Spanish at a school in Palma. In its ruling, issued a few weeks ago, the court stated that parents "have the right to choose the school, but not to impose a specific percentage of the language in a particular school."