Spanish Senate Rejects Teaching of Moroccan Languages in Ceuta and Melilla Schools

It was by an overwhelming majority of votes (253 out of 262) that the Spanish senators, including those from the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, the Popular Party and the Vox party, rejected the amendment to the organic law on the teaching of "co-official languages", reports Ceuta TV. Proposed by the "Compromís" coalition group, this bill, once amended, was going to guarantee the protection and integration of the languages spoken in Spain and those that suffer from official recognition such as "darija" or "tamazight". These two languages are the most spoken in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla where there is a large Moroccan community.

Justifying this rejection, the Vox party explained that the teaching of darija and tamazight will only complicate the social and educational integration for the local population of the enclaves and promote school failure.