(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 15 – 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.
The decree brings in the principle that Italian descendants born abroad will only automatically be citizens for two generations – so only those with at least one parent or grandparent born in Italy will be citizens from birth.
The reform was approved by the Senate with 81 votes in favour and 37 against and now passes the Lower House.
“The vote with which the Senate approved the ‘citizenship decree’ is very important,” said Tajani.
“This measure is intended to restore dignity and meaning to a right that must be based on an authentic bond with Italy, not only a bureaucratic one, but a cultural, civic and identity-based one.
“Citizenship must be a serious and conscious recognition, which is confirmed through commitment.
“This reform does not exclude, but it makes one take responsibility.
“It proposes more selective, transparent criteria, capable of strengthening the integrity of our system and preventing abuses”.
The minister says the move seeks to prevent the ‘commercialisation’ of Italian passports and free up resources to make consular services more efficient. (ANSA).
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The decree brings in the principle that Italian descendants born abroad will only automatically be citizens for two generations – so only those with at least one parent or grandparent born in Italy will be citizens from birth.
The reform was approved by the Senate with 81 votes in favour and 37 against and now passes the Lower House.
“The vote with which the Senate approved the ‘citizenship decree’ is very important,” said Tajani.
“This measure is intended to restore dignity and meaning to a right that must be based on an authentic bond with Italy, not only a bureaucratic one, but a cultural, civic and identity-based one.
“Citizenship must be a serious and conscious recognition, which is confirmed through commitment.
“This reform does not exclude, but it makes one take responsibility.
“It proposes more selective, transparent criteria, capable of strengthening the integrity of our system and preventing abuses”.
The minister says the move seeks to prevent the ‘commercialisation’ of Italian passports and free up resources to make consular services more efficient. (ANSA).
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