Overview
- The PP–Vox majority passed a motion asking the regional government to adopt a double official denomination for the city: Valéncia/Valencia.
- The plan seeks to close the accent in the Valencian form, a move that runs counter to the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua’s established criteria.
- Any alteration requires the Consell to obtain a preceptive and binding report from the AVL, which holds statutory authority over language norms.
- City officials dismissed roughly a thousand public objections, with councilor José Luis Moreno arguing they represent less than 0.1% of residents.
- PSPV-PSOE and Compromís condemned the initiative as partisan, and Compromís councilor Pere Fuset said the AVL’s decision would block changing the accent direction.