A new law proposed in Italy would ban English — and violators could face fines of up to $110K
According to reports, public employees, universities and firms could face hefty fines — ranging from approximately $5,500 to $110,000 — if they are caught using foreign instead of Italian words in any public communication.
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The proposed law targets the rise of "Anglomania" in Italy and argues that the use of English words "demeans and mortifies" the Italian language.
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Italy‘s ruling party has introduced a law that seeks to ban governments and corporations from using English in official communications under threat of fines up to 100,000 euros, or $150,000.
Though the bill would prohibit the use of all foreign terms in official communications, the proposed law is particularly interested in quelling the rise of “Anglomania,” and calls for the protection and conservation of the Italian language.
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The bill would see all use of English and even English terms that have naturally made their way into the Italian lexicon banned from government communications, private companies promoting their goods and services, and even university classrooms, unless the course is specifically teaching a foreign language.
Even government offices and private entities that mostly deal with tourists and non-Italian speakers would be compelled to use Italian as the primary language if the bill is passed
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CNN, which saw a draft version of the law, speculated that the addition could mean mispronouncing "bru-sketta" as "bru-shetta" could be a punishable offense.
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If the draft becomes law, the government might have to get its own house quickly in order. When it took office last October, it added the English term "Made in Italy" to the name of the industry minister, while Meloni herself occasionally drops foreign words into her speeches.
In her inaugural address to parliament as prime minister in October, Meloni described herself as an "underdog."