Overview

• District councillor Guillem Roma says his partner was called "maleducada" for speaking Catalan and told "estamos en el Reino de España" during the Gràcia festival on August 17.
• After Roma's account went viral, the storefront was covered with insults and stickers and the shop's Google rating plunged following a flood of negative reviews.
• Roma filed complaints with the Catalan Department of Language Policy, Barcelona's Office of Non-Discrimination and the Catalan Consumer Agency.
• PP leader Daniel Sirera and Vox urged Barcelona City Hall to act against organized harassment of businesses over language use, proposing police monitoring, protective protocols and sanctions.
• Owner Leandro Rincón denies discrimination, says a recent hire did not understand the word "maduixes" and asserts the shop serves in both official languages, adding that vandals later poured paint into the locks.