> For example, South Tyrol has a large German speaking population. The Italian government has historically encouraged adoption of Italian. They stopped doing t

> For example, South Tyrol has a large German speaking population. The Italian government has historically encouraged adoption of Italian. They stopped doing that decades ago, before I was born. The language of the German minority is protected and their representation in Parliament is guaranteed by the constitution. The Autonomous Province of Bolzano has a high level of self-government and a special fiscal regime.