Spain to ban Spanish
Madrid (TOROPRESS)
November 13, 2004

Concerned over the loss of service sector jobs to offshore call-centers in Latin America and the Philippines, the Socialist Party will soon introduce legislation to change the official language of Spain. “Too many people around the world speak Spanish,” said a party official who declined to be named at this time.

“We need to protect our economy. If speaking Spanish is costing us jobs, we’ll simply have to learn another language,” said another advocate for change, promising a fierce debate. Regional representatives have already begun lobbying in favor of Catalan, Gallego, and Basque, but the Castilian speaking provinces are expected to demand switching to a Slavic language that would be difficult to learn and, therefore, impossible to outsource.