Italy’s Senate Confirms Clampdown on Citizenship Claims

Italy’s Senate confirms clampdown on citizenship claims

The Italian Senate voted on Thursday in favour of drastic changes to rules on who can apply for Italian citizenship by descent, marking another step towards a hastily-introduced decree becoming law.

Tajani hails Senate approval of citizenship reform

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed satisfaction on Thursday after the Senate approved a decree presented by his ministry reforming the rules on obtaining Italian citizenship via ancestry. (ANSA)

The new rules provide that the descendants of Italian citizens, born abroad, will automatically be citizens only for two generations: only those who have at least one parent or a grandfather born in Italy will be citizen from birth. The children of Italians will automatically acquire citizenship if they are born in Italy or if, before their birth, one of their citizens' parents has resided at least two consecutive years in Italy

Italy took a key step towards amending its historic citizenship law by descent. The Senate passed with 81 votes in favour and 37 against an initiative that restricts access to Italian nationality for descendants born abroad, a measure that, if progress is made in the Chamber of Deputies, will particularly affect countries such as Argentina and Brazil. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, driving the project, explained that the aim is to limit the "m…

The reform that hinders access to Italian nationality and would affect thousands of Argentines moved closer to being finalized. The Senate approved this Thursday the decree submitted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government that modifies the recognition process for accessing Italian citizenship. The text will now go to the Chamber of Deputies. The final vote is expected to take place next week. The government is counting on its approval sin…

The changes for access to Italian citizenship, which was established by decree by the government of Giorgia Meloni, were ratified with some changes in the Senate of the European country. With 81 votes in favour and 37 against, the senators gave half sanction to the decree law that governs since March 28, according to the ANSA agency. "Citizenship must be a serious and conscious recognition, which is confirmed by the compromise," said Chancellor …