Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed legislation that would ban both private and public organisations in the nation from using foreign words, particularly English, in official communications.
Italian language promotion is the goal of the bill, which was created by lawmakers from the nationalist Brothers of Italy party. Violators could be fined up to 100,000 euros ($108,750) under the legislation.
The bill needs to be approved by both chambers of parliament in order to become a law. .however, there was no hint as to when it might happen.
The proposed bill’s wording stated that “Anglomania (has) repercussions for society as a whole. It is not only a matter of fashion, as fads pass.”
The draft bill calls for the protection and promotion of the Italian language and asserts that English “demeans and mortifies” Italians. It also calls for all public and private organisations to use the “language of Dante” to market their products and services.
Draft mandates that all job-related applications, be written entirely in Italian
The draft also mandates that all job-related applications, including names and acronyms, be written entirely in Italian, with the exception of any foreign words that are impossible to translate.
Given that Britain had left the European Union, the bill claimed that the widespread use of English in Europe was “much more negative and paradoxical.”
The draught bill is released at a time when the current far-right administration is taking steps to “preserve the local culture.”
In an effort to preserve the nation’s agri-food legacy, it has banned the use of food made in labs.
While Meloni occasionally uses foreign phrases into her talks, the Brothers of Italy party changed the name of the industry minister to “Made in Italy” when it assumed government in October of last year.
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