Well, I decided that I will heed my president, and obviously I do not mean this or this , but someone who deserves a little more consideration ;-). So I'll write this year a little more on the blog ... The next entry of truth which I return to the Kindle, but today it's another thing.
This week has been highly critical of the issue of the use of languages \u200b\u200bother than Castilian English in the Senate, so has the expense. In fact, if only we look at economic terms, what we should consider is to eliminate the Senate, because with his current role is useless.
a nationalist said the move "only" accounted for 1% of the Senate, maybe it's time to plant will save 100% ;-). Bicameral systems were born to represent the people on one side (lower chamber) and other privileged classes (upper house), theoretically more educated and prepared. In England it is very visible with the camera of Commons and the House of Lords (the latter very reformed and have little power, but more that our senate, one year to delay the processing of laws). The former justification, based on combining democracy is government by the people, with aristocracy, which is the government of the best, needless to say makes no sense today. In fact, in Spain our constitution of 1812 (Cadiz) innovated by removing the upper house, which, however, was reintroduced in subsequent constitutions, with the exception of the Second Republic. U.S. bicameral system is completely different, because while represantes camera is based on the population (Originally a represents by every 30,000 inhabitants) in the Senate there are two senators per state and periods are different, giving rise to different balance of power. More importantly, in the U.S. Senate not a camera you only need to endorse what was approved in the House of represantes (by the way, is wrong to call "congress" to represantes camera, the "Congress" is the union of the two chambers represantes) but which has a power comparable to the lower house and there are unique features of each camera. As usual, recommended the wikipedia for more information.
Turning to the earpiece. The inadequacy of the measure is not only an economic issue but of principles. It is not uncommon to find people who already make the mistake of categorizing languages \u200b\u200bas Euskera, Galician and Catalan as co-official "status and this is the kind of measures that deepens in error. Article 3 of our Constitution is crystal clear: the state's official language is Castilian (which states that all have an obligation to know and the right to use it: the constitution of the Second Republic was on the same line and also spoke that the obligation to know Castilian could not be extended to other languages \u200b\u200bexcept special laws). The other co-official languages \u200b\u200bare English (together with Castilian) in their respective regions. As much to be committed or CiU ERC, in Cuenca the only official language is Castilian English, while in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bas reflected in the demographic reality on the other hand, are both official languages, Castilian and Catalan.
So, given that the Senate is an institution of the State (which has a few representatives elected directly by state government does not change that) makes no sense to confuse people. In the Parliament of Catalonia has to speak Catalan and Castilian, because both are co-official languages \u200b\u200bof Catalonia and neither is the language of Catalonia to the exclusion of the other. In the Senate the only official language is Castilian English because it is the only language state.
Game nationalists in Catalonia is the only official language is Catalan in the same way that it is Castilian regions such as Madrid, Castile and Andalusia and hence its claim to be the same level as the Castilian plane equality. So ignore the rights of its own citizens to choose between using the Catalan and Castilian as they please.
I do not want to be unfair to the rights of the Catalan-speaking or ignore common sense: a Catalan officials who are in public care for example does seem to me fair to require them to learn Catalan. Because while all citizens of Catalonia when another was referred to it in Catalan or Castilian has every right in the world to answer in the language you prefer, an official and public servant who is should respond in the same language as you have asked. Anyway here goes also common sense: Catalan is a language that anyone living in Catalonia will learn unless otherwise be committed within a period not excessive, so it makes sense to require no input but as a precondition for strengthening the square after a training course.
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