I'd like to think there was a time when Parliament served a purpose beyond applauding one's own and booing the opposition. A place where the government was held accountable and the opposition held it accountable. If that time ever existed, it's long gone. Today, parliamentary debate is, above all, an exchange of speeches designed for the gallery.

Congress has given the green light to process the law to safeguard multilingualism in the State, promoted by ERC, Comuns, Bildu, PNV, BNG, MÁS per Mallorca, and Compromís. Despite not having proposed it, both the PSOE and Junts also voted in favor of the initiative. This proposed organic law guaranteeing multilingualism and the linguistic rights of citizens aims to ensure that any citizen can exercise the right to interact in Basque, Galician, or Catalan with the judicial bodies, constitutional institutions, and the general administration of the State "with full freedom." The authors of the initiative introduce clear obligations for language proficiency in the justice system, the civil service, and public procurement, and provide tools to ensure respect for the right to choose one's language.