„You must learn at least 25% in Valenciano“ is how the latest ruling by the highest Valencian court could be summarized. It had thus ruled against the appeal of a mother from Torrevieja who had wanted her daughter to be taught entirely in her native Spanish.

The decision was made in relation to the still existing so-called multilingualism law (ley de plurilingüismo) of the previous government, which was formed by the social democratic PSOE and Compromís, an association of Greens and the right-wing nationalist „Bloc Nacionalista Valencià“.

It is said that judges should only ever decide on the basis of existing laws, so criticizing judges is inappropriate. I just ask why the newly elected government of PP and VOX in Valencia has not yet abolished the law and laid the foundations for parents to decide on the language of instruction in the next school year?

Calling the underlying law a law on multilingualism follows the multinational trend of giving dictatorial laws a pretty name that hides their true meaning. Instead, this law is a language imposition. All pupils were to learn in Valenciano wherever possible. Spanish was to be removed more and more from the curriculum. The requirement to retain at least 25% Spanish was often applied so that sports, music and mathematics were taught in Spanish. To justify the term multilingualism, a requirement for English lessons was added.

Reason enough for a government formed by parties officially opposed to compulsory language teaching to abolish this law as quickly as possible. In November, abc.es reported: „The regional government of Carlos Mazón will introduce the single district with the aim, among other things, of allowing each household to decide for itself whether to be taught in Castilian or Valenciano (by choosing one school or the other), a demand made by a large part of the population, as the two previous legislatures ...imposed one language in many situations.“ So far, nothing decisive has happened in this regard.

Instead, the activities of the PP and VOX have been focused on initiating mass demonstrations against the amnesty. What remains is that it was really only about the question of who is Spanish president. Whether some separatist thugs are free or in prison does not determine what happens to Spanish unity. Rather, this state unity is being hampered by the policies of Pedro Sánchez, who only gained office by making dangerous concessions to the separatists.

Language imposition, on the other hand, is not only a hindrance to the unity of the Spanish state. As can sometimes be seen, Franco's language imposition led to blind hatred of all things Spanish in some Spanish regions. An unnecessary hatred that harbors controversy because it is emotional and cannot be justified rationally. A dispute that has been fought many times, and not just in court. What did Carlos Mazón, the current head of government in Valencia, say? „The worst favor that (the previous government) did for the Valenciano language was to impose it“