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European Parliament calls for compensation for citizens affected by disasters such as the Castor Project
Politics, Society
Overturning of bullfighting ban in Catalonia outrages 37 MEPs from different parties and countries
Politics
European Ombudsman: EC's statements on Catalonia's independence are "a personal view"
MEPs ask for “dialogue” rather than “legal procedures” to deal with Catalonia’s push for independence
Politics
Catalan and Basque MEPs urge Schulz to allow the use of their languages in the plenary
The MEPs from the Centre-Right pro-Catalan State (CiU), Ramon Tremosa and Francesc Gambús, and the MEP from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNB), Izaskun Bilbao, wrote to the re-elected President of the European Parliament stating that the use of Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in the plenary just depends on a “political decision”. The MEPs asked the leader of the Chamber, a former bookshop owner, to show “respect” for their languages. Tremosa, Gambús and Bilbao said that the decision would cost nothing to the European Parliament as many Spanish translators also speak Catalan, Basque or Galician.