The so-called Spanish co-official languages – Catalan, Basque and Galician – will be used in the European institutions, including in Council debates, as well as in most cases in the European Commission and Parliament, foreign ministers decided on Monday (13 June) in Luxembourg.
The agreement stops short of recognising them as official languages of the EU but their "official use" is assured.
Under the agreement, citizens writing to the EU institutions will receive a reply in their ...
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