Complex sentence: Following the Italian Government announcing all villages with under 1,000 residents would be forced to merge with nearby villages, in August 2011 Village Mayor Luca Sellari began a campaign for the village to become an Independent State.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the Italian Government announcing all villages with under 1,000 residents would be forced to merge with nearby villages. In August 2011 Village Mayor Luca Sellari began a campaign for the village to become an Independent State.