Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party has proposed imposing fines of up to €100,000 ($163,000) on public and private entities that use foreign terms, most notably English, instead of Italian in official communications.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party has proposed imposing fines of up to €100,000 on public and private entities that use foreign terms, most notably English, instead of Italian in official communications.
The ruling party of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, has pushed new measures to stop the use of foreign languages, especially English.The bill was presented by lawmakers from Meloni’s nationalist Brothers of Italy party and will have to be approved by both houses of parliament to become law. There was no indication of when this might happen.
It also stipulates that all names and acronyms indicating jobs in companies operating in Italy should be spelt out in the local language, with foreign words only allowed if they prove to be impossible to translate.
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