The vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, Fabio Rampelli, member of the Fratelli d’Italia party, presented a bill on the prohibition of the use of words or acronyms in a foreign language “ with a view to safeguarding the Italian language and defending its identity “. This bill is causing controversy.
With our correspondent in Rome, Anne Le Nir
Deputy Fabio Rampelli’s project targets above all administrations, institutions and public or private companies which will no longer have to use words in English in order to preserve the language of Dante. His bill also indicates that in public education establishments, all courses must be given in Italian, except those dedicated to learning foreign languages. In addition, simultaneous translation into Italian will be mandatory for international conferences and events open to the public. Violation of the regulations will be punishable by a fine of 5,000 to 100,000 euros.
Exorbitant fines for the opposition
For the centre-left opposition, these exorbitant sums make the bill even more grotesque “. For its part, the Accademia Della Crusca, the oldest linguistic academy in the world, considers the sanctions useless and assures that it would be enough to “ a little common sense to avoid stupidities like Green Economy”. A term systematically used by the Meloni government, the first to have instituted a ministry of “ Made in Italy “.
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