Overview

• The sketch depicted migrants being denied medical and administrative help for not speaking Catalan and finishing with a C2 certificate holder rejected for lack of native status.
• Second deputy mayor Maria Eugènia Gay apologized for the oversight and disavowed the performance after failing to vet its content in advance.
• Junts per Barcelona and ERC have demanded political resignations or sanctions against council leaders for the lapse in content review.
• Òmnium Cultural, Plataforma per la Llengua and Minister Francesc Xavier Vila denounced the council for allowing a Catalan-stigmatizing portrayal.
• The council ruled out further disciplinary actions and said it will soon outline plans for its Catalan language commissioner role.