IRUJO & URRUTIA; BASQUE IN CFN

IRUJO & URRUTIA; BASQUE IN CFN

1. ORIGINIS OF LEGAL RULING ON LINGUISTIC RIGHTS

   • Dictator Franco
     • Prohibited the Basque language
     • Only after his death Euskara speakers had some rigths
   • Madrid did not make effort to make Basque language officila
     • Spanish as the only offcial language
   • In 1982 LORAFNA: Navarre became an autonomous community
     • Official language spanish but euskara had official status in basque areas
   • The Constitucional Court of the Spanh state the laws regarding standardization of the Basque, Catalan and Gallego languages were constitutional
   • In 1986 "Vascuence" in Navarre was approved by the Foral Law
     • official status of both languages
     • Citizens rights and publich authorities´duties in linnguistic matters
     • Euskara was used in the Public Administration, in teaching and in the social media
   • UPN refuses to accept basque as a ofccial language
     • Political rejection of Basque nationalism-hand in hand with the rejection of Basque language

2. LEGAL SYSTEM, BASQUE, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE CFN

   • Each linguistic zone has its own legal regime
   • 600000 inhabitants divided into
     • Basque-speaking zone
     • Mixed zones
     • Non basque-speaking zone
     • That led to problems such us
       • The increasing division in the community
       • The prohibition of the basque language in the south of Navarre
   • Foral Law established the obligation to speak Euskara for certain public roles both in the Basque-speaking area and in the mixed zone.

3. BASQUE IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE CFN

   • Students can choose between
     • Model G: in spanish
     • Model A: in spanish with a basque subject
     • Model B: in basque with a spanish subject
     • Model D: 40% basque 60% spanish
   • Zones
     • “Basque-speaking” zone-school learning both in Basque and in Spanish.
     • “Mixed zone”- Basque is voluntary
     • “Non Basque-speaking area”-Basque is excluded
   • Currently, english model's are gaining ground
   • Basque language in Upna is scarce

4. BASQUE AND SOCIAL MEDIA

   • Navarre’s Foral Law does not recognize the right to recieve information in euskara
   • In 1998 the "esukalerria irratia" was legalized

5. LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASQUE LAW IN THE CFN

   • Since 2000
     • social standardization of the Basque language
     • The government eliminated the General Linguistic Policy Board
   • 2005
     • CFN Parliament declarated Basque “as the oldest language in Europe which forms part of international cultural heritage”
   • 2007
     • Foral Law was approved to finance Ikastolas in the “non Basquespeaking” zone

6. SOCIOLINGUISTIC SITUATION OF BASQUE IN THE CFN

   • Most of the schools that give classes in model D are private.
   • The ditribution of the Basque-speaking population is unequal
     • Most of them are concentrated in the north of Navarre, including the capital