A Hearing at the Constitutional Court analyzing the constitutionality of the new Italian citizenship rules. It was followed by thousands of people around the world, this Wednesday (11). In Rome, the plenary was packed and the Court's website registered a large volume of hits.
Even so, the trial did not appear in the coverage of the Italian media.
The country's main newspapers, such as Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, and La Stampa, did not highlight the case. RAI, the Italian public television broadcaster, also did not mention the audience figures or the expectations surrounding the decision.
A legal debate with a strong political dimension.
The issue analyzed by the Court involves the so-called Tajani Decree, later converted into Law No. 74 of 2025.
The regulation changed the rules for recognizing Italian citizenship by descent and limited the right to people born abroad who already possess another citizenship.
The measure was presented by the Italian government and supported by the current political coalition led by Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani.
Since its enactment, legal experts have pointed out that the change has a strong political dimension, as it modifies a legal system that has been consolidated for decades.
The absence of public debate
The lack of media coverage of the trial is striking precisely because it is a topic with significant legal and social impact.
The court's decision could affect millions of descendants of Italians and redefine the limits of recognition of Italian citizenship iure sanguinis.
For observers of the process, the silence of the press reinforces the perception that the legislative change that gave rise to the decree was strongly politically motivated.
A decision that remains surrounded by expectation.
The Constitutional Court will now deliberate in closed session and The sentence should be published in the coming weeks..
The trial will discuss whether the restrictions introduced by the new legislation are compatible with fundamental principles of the Italian Constitution.
Even without visibility in the Italian media, the case is already considered one of the most relevant recent legal debates on citizenship in the country.
Ronaldo Tovani
March 17, 2026 at 22:30 pm
The blunders of the Brazilian Supreme Court here and the missteps of the Italian Constitutional Court clearly demonstrate and prove that Brazil and Italy are blood brothers in spirit and lack of character.