US EditionItaly curbs citizenship rules to end tenuous descendant claims
- Italy's government has introduced stricter rules for claiming citizenship by descent, limiting eligibility to those with an Italian parent or grandparent born in Italy.
- The foreign ministry noted a 40% rise in citizenship by descent claims from abroad, increasing from 4.6 million to 6.4 million in the last decade.
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated there has been abuse in the system, prompting the need for reforms to maintain genuine ties between citizens and Italy.
- Pending citizenship applications currently exceed 60,000, with future legislation expected to impose further restrictions and increase application fees.
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Meloni's drastic turn to limit access to Italian citizenship makes the coalition of government crack
ROMA.- The limit to obtaining “easy” Italian citizenship decreed on Friday by the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni -which implies that from now on they can access citizenship (and passport) only those who have an Italian father or grandfather-, although it caused shock in countries like Argentina and Brazil, lands of emigration of millions of Italians more than a century ago, also made noise in Italy.This drastic turn, in fact, also made …
Italy tightens rules on naturalisation
Italy's government tightened the citizenship laws on Friday. So far, people have been able to rely on Italian ancestors who lived after 17 March 1861. Foreign Minister Antionio Tajani complained that the system was being abused. Therefore, only those persons who were born in the country with at least one parent or grandparents could receive Italian citizenship in the future. Between 2014 and 2024, the number of Italians living abroad rose by 40 …
Citizenship, Leaguers against Tajani: “He cares about our great-grandparents but wants to give it to the Muslims. The DL must be changed.”
“The idea of limiting access to citizenship to Italian descendants who have emigrated abroad is perplexing. We will address and modify this proposal in the Chamber.” From the majority, there are the first voices against the decree approved Friday in the Council of Ministers, which introduces a restriction on the granting of citizenship to people of Italian descent, limiting it as much as possible to those who have grandparents who are citizens o…
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