Italy plans to legislate to restrict the use of English.

Italy plans to legislate to restrict the use of English as follows:

The Italian government is proposing new legislation to impose fines on Italians who use English and other foreign words in formal communication. The bill also prohibits the use of English words or abbreviations in job titles and stipulates that Italian must be the main language, even when dealing with non-Italian foreigners in the office.

Billing and feedback:

Fabio Rampelli, a member of the Italian House of Commons, proposed the bill, which was supported by Prime Minister meloni. According to the bill, the Italian Ministry of Culture will set up a committee to "correct Italian and its pronunciation" in schools, media, enterprises and advertisements. This means that saying "bru-shetta" instead of "bru-sketta" may be fined for breaking the law.

Although the bill covers all foreign languages, it is especially aimed at the use of English words and the increasing anglicization of Italian. The bill means that Italians will be "degraded and humiliated". Dire, an Italian news agency, reported on Friday that Vedova of the European Union Party called the bill "absurd".

Impact of the proposal:

Dr Angela Viola is a lecturer in the Department of European Languages at Monash University. She has taught Italian in Italy and Australia for nearly 20 years. She thinks the language used by people facing the public is very important.

She means that public figures will speak through TV, magazines, periodicals and newspapers and the public will learn how to communicate in Italian. Banning English does not necessarily strengthen Italian. The main goal of legislation is to "defend and promote Italian".

She regards English as an important communication tool and "a resource that can be used for tourism and communication with immigrant communities". The bill must be approved by both houses of parliament before it becomes law. So far, when it will be passed is still unknown.