The Italianismo portal will broadcast next Tuesday (12), starting at 9 am, a live debate reflecting the results of the audience of the 'Corte suprema di cassazione' From Rome on the Great Naturalization.
The online debate will be mediated by the journalist Reginaldo Maia, director of the Italianismo portal, and participation by the Italian-Brazilian deputy Luis Roberto Lorenzato, from the lawyer Antonio Cattaneo, from the senator Fabio Porta, in the Italian Parliament, and the lawyer Daniela Mariani, specialist in international law and immigration.
The broadcast will take place on the Italianismo Facebook page (facebook.com/italianismo) and will bring evaluations from experts in Italian citizenship and legislation, who will comment on the consequences of the hearing's outcome for the future of Italian-Brazilians.
Court Decision
The decision of Rome Court of Appeal This will have repercussions in the lives of approximately 6 million Italian-Brazilians, since the Italian Public Prosecutor's Office, through the "Avvocatura dello Stato" (State Attorney's Office), has been delaying Italian citizenship processes.jus sanguinis” based on a decree from the Brazilian government of November 15, 1889.
According to the decree, all Italian immigrants in Brazil would have been naturalized Brazilians, and this would invalidate the Italian ancestry of their grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on. Therefore, Italian citizenship applications would also be invalidated. This argument became known as the... Grand Naturalization.
Since the beginning of the controversy, politicians in Italy and Brazil have been fighting for the rights of Italian-Brazilians. To put a definitive end to the controversy, a trial has been scheduled at the Palace of Justice for next Tuesday, July 12. The Italian lawyer Antonio Cattaneo is a party to the action against the State Attorney's Office.
