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italian politicians: An undersecretary in Italy's foreign ministry, Benedetto Della Vedova, welcomed the softening of the Austrian position, according to CTV. He said Italy had read the proposal to grant Austrian citizenship en masse to speakers of German and the Romance language Ladino in the South Tyrol region as a provocative move. After Italian politicians balked at the unilateral proposal, Kurz said the citizenship offer outlined in the coalition government agreement between his Austrian People's party and the populist, right-wing Freedom Party only would be pursued in close co-ordination with Italy. Seventy per cent of the region's residents speak German, 25 per cent Italian and 5 per cent Ladino. The remain vote won, while dissenters relocated to Austria. South Tyrol, known as Alto Adige in Italian, became part of Italy after World War I, but tension lingered for decades after a post-World War II vote by citizens on whether to remain in Italy or join Austria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.