In the week celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding Llei d’Us and Ensenyament del Valencià (LUEV)Minister of education, José Antonio Rovirwithyesterday he insisted on his intention To “promote” the use of the Valencian language in Spanish-speaking areas so that the young people living among them do not “give up taking the exam” for the Valencia subject. «That they really learned the Valencian language, they will have a diploma. “We want to promote the Valencian language in Spanish-speaking areas, but encouraging and imposing it is one thing, and we will not do that,” he stressed.
Rovira, Palau de les Arts II. He made these statements after attending the opening of the Renowagro International Meeting when asked about his intention to amend the Law on Multilingualism approved by the previous Botànic Government. As he recalled, the Generalitat was working on a draft to amend the Law on Multilingualism “before the next academic year”.
Opposition: “PP and Vox talk about the language getting rid of illiteracy because they only speak Spanish”
«In case you can’t come, we made changes to the attached law (in the 2024 budgets) to correct a serious absurdity: in areas where the law (d’Ús) declared that Spanish was spoken, they had to teach the basic lessons in Valencian. “This was an ugly behavior,” he said, underlining that LUEV said that the Valencian language “is not their language because there are Spanish-speaking regions.” He also warned that “this imposition of language does not bring anything good” and insisted that “we must establish and encourage dialogue, but not impose.”
Agreement against “setbacks”
Opposition parties PSPV and Compromís claimed that LUEV was “an example of political and social agreement” in the face of “setbacks” that they believed Consell wanted to promote, which PPCV and Vox shared. Future amendment of the Multilingualism Act. «The Castilian was never in danger. At stake is the progress or non-progress of Valencia, but not of Castile,” said PSPV leader Ximo Puig. Compromís’ Gerard Fullana, spokesman for Education in the Cortes, criticized the PP and Vox for talking about freedom of language “which stems from ignorance” and “not only giving others Shamed them for “teaching them how to speak when they speak Spanish”.
Puig also announced that PSPV will hold two events in the coming weeks as a tribute to those who supported LUEV, a norm that “saved Valencians from obscurity during these 40 years.”