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Descendants of Italian emigrants get new chance to claim citizenship after EU court referral

Summary by The Local
Hundreds of thousands of people blocked from claiming citizenship by ancestry were urged to file new claims immediately after Italy referred the restrictions to Europe’s highest court.

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The Italian Constitutional Court referred the case to the European Court of Justice to determine whether the so-called Tajani Law, which restricts the possibility of inheriting citizenship to children and grandchildren, is constitutional or not.

·Vicente López, Argentina
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Italian passport Bruno Todeschini / RBS Agency The Italian Justice decided on Thursday (23) to consult a European Union court on the validity of the new law that imposed restrictions on granting citizenship to foreigners. The movement opens the gap for a new turn in the case, since the European Justice can recommend the overthrow of the changes, which affected Brazilian descendants of Italians and previously able to receive citizenship of the Eu…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Constitutional Court of Italy has activated the Court of Justice of the European Union on changes in the issue of Italian citizenship

·Curitiba, Brazil
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Specialist points out that the situation is an important turning point in the analysis of the so-called "Tejani Law"

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Italy's Constitutional Court has decided to refer the question of the compatibility of the so-called Tajani Law (Law 74/2025) with EU law to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). By means of Ordinance No. 147/2026, Italy's highest court suspended its own ruling and delegated the decision to the European court, rekindling the hopes of thousands of descendants of Italians, including many Argentinians seeking recognition of their citiz…

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The Local broke the news on Thursday, July 23, 2026.
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