"The fight continues."The words of Pantxo Etchegaray, municipal councillor for language policy in Bayonne, summarize the situation.
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The Court of Pau has accepted the request of the former prefect of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Jean Marie Girier: it has temporarily suspended the recognition of Basque by the town councils of Bayonne and Sara (Lapurdi). This was reported by Mediabask. On July 2, the elected representatives of Sara officially recognized Basque as the language of the town, alongside French. On July 23, the Bayonne town council voted to recognize Basque and Occitan …