Overview

• Judges annulled multiple articles of the 2024 education decree that set Catalan as the normally vehicular language, ruling they failed to ensure a reasonable presence of Spanish.
• The court said the framework created an imbalance favoring Catalan and affirmed that Spanish cannot be subordinated in teaching or school life.
• Provisions struck down include Catalan as the priority auxiliary language for foreign-language instruction and as the sole reception language for newly arrived students.
• Other organizational rules on internal administration and external projection of schools remain in force because they do not directly affect the fundamental right to education.
• The AEB welcomed the ruling and urged immediate compliance and central oversight, while Junts and Òmnium condemned the decision and called for mobilization; a separate Barcelona court also voided a sanction against a Sitges café for serving clients in Spanish.