Italians could soon be hit with hefty fines for using English and other foreign words in official communication.

A bill, which has yet to go up for parliamentary debate, would make Italian “mandatory for the promotion and use of public goods and services”.

It also bans English words or acronyms from job titles and specifies that Italian must be used as the primary language, even in offices that deal with non-Italian-speaking foreigners.

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