Overview

• The High Court annulled articles 2, 4, 6, 7.2, 9.3b, 10, 18.a, 19, 24, 33 and 34.1 that made Catalan the normally vehicular language across teaching, administration, materials, evaluations and newcomer reception.
• Judges also invalidated Catalan’s status as the priority auxiliary language for foreign-language teaching, while upholding some internal organizational provisions not deemed to affect the right to education.
• The decision partially upholds a challenge by the Asamblea por una Escuela Bilingüe and affirms that castellano cannot be subordinated in the education system.
• The 2024 decree had been under precautionary suspension since July 2024, and the judgment is appealable by the Catalan government.
• In a related development, a Barcelona court voided a Sitges café fine for using Spanish after ruling that a generic complaint was an insufficient basis for sanctions.