rome prime minister giorgia melonis party has proposed imposing fines of up to 100000 euros 108750 on public and private entities which use foreign terms most notably english instead of italian in official communicationsit is not just a matter of fashion as fashions pass but anglomania has repercussions for society as a whole said the text of the draft bill calling for the italian language to be protected and nurturedthe bill was presented by lawmakers from melonis 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 happenit said the spread of english demeans and mortifies italian and proposed that all public and private bodies had to use the language of dante to promote their goods and servicesit 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 translatethe bill said the widespread use of english in europe was even more negative and paradoxical given that britain had quit the european unionif 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 speechesin her inaugural address to parliament as prime minister in october meloni described herself as an underdogthe draft bill comes just days after the government moved to defend what it sees as another important part of italys culture banning the use of laboratoryproduced food to safeguard the countrys agrifood heritage