A statement by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, generated an immediate response from Luis Roberto Lorenzato, a former Italian deputy and active voice in the Italian-Brazilian communities. On his Instagram page, Lorenzato called the minister a "hypocrite" and stated that "this is exactly what the Italian government did to millions of Italians around the world."
Tajani's statement was made after the attack that occurred in the center of Modena last SaturdayA man drove his car into pedestrians at 100 kilometers per hour, injuring eight people, four of them seriously.
The assailant, who had previously exhibited mental health issues, was arrested on charges of massacre. In response to calls for the citizenship of those involved in serious crimes to be revoked, Tajani replied: "You can't take away an Italian's citizenship."
Lorenzato's reaction
According to the former deputy, the phrase exposes a direct contradiction with the Tajani Decree, which became Law No. 74/2025. "While they defend the citizenship of naturalized citizens within Italy, they deny recognition to those who were born Italian by blood, by the original right of birth (iure sanguinis)," wrote Lorenzato.
The former congressman went further in his legal analysis. For him, Italian citizenship "is born in blood, in descent, in the original legal bond with the Italian nation," and recognition by the State "has always been merely declaratory: the State does not grant citizenship to an Italian descendant. It only recognizes a status that already existed since birth."
Based on this interpretation, Lorenzato argues that, by retroactively blocking this recognition, the Italian state "is not regulating procedures." "It is, in practice, canceling the citizenship of people who were born Italian."
“Double standards. For some: 'citizenship cannot be taken away.' For Italians around the world: the original right was ignored,” concluded the former deputy.
What does Italian law say?
Tajani's statement is in line with current legislation in the country. Under Italian law, citizenship can only be lost in exceptional and specific cases, such as military service or public office for an enemy state during wartime, and never for political or criminal reasons.
The Tajani Decree, in turn, imposed restrictions on the recognition of citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis) for descendants born abroad, establishing time limits and requirements for an effective link with the country. This regulation has been challenged in court in Brazil and other countries with large populations of Italian origin.
The issue of the retroactive application of the 2025 law is one of the points that the United Sections of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy must address. in trial expected in June 2026.
Revolted
May 20 from 2026 at 15: 49
This Tajani guy is really into Allah, huh?