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Teachers union says it will not comply after court orders provisional enforcement of Catalan language ruling

Ustec warned it will keep teaching in Catalan and refuse to comply with the TSJC order that enforces a ruling striking down key parts of the language decree, and it demanded an urgent government response.

Mar 30th 2026 · Spain

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  • The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia ordered provisional enforcement of a ruling that annuls much of the decree that made Catalan the vehicular language in schools.
  • Ustec announced teachers will continue teaching in Catalan and will not obey any resolution that restricts language use in education.
  • The union demanded the regional government urgently convene unions and provide political, legal and regulatory protection for teaching staff.
  • Ustec's legal team is reviewing the ruling and the union demanded public commitments today from the president and the ministers of the Presidency and Language Policy.
  • Political parties and civic groups including Comuns, ERC, Junts and Òmnium urged the government to act and criticized judicial interference in language policy.

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