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Ius soli: “Italy is experiencing a demographic disaster and it is fair to give citizenship”

Italy is experiencing demographic winter and the child of a foreigner born in Italy could be salvation, suggests PD secretary

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Ius soli: "Italy is experiencing a demographic disaster and it is fair to give citizenship"

“Why did I mention the issue of foreigners born in Italy and the vote of 16-year-olds? Our country is in a demographic disaster, in a demographic winter. And there will be no fresh start if we don’t address this issue, if we don’t give more weight to young people.” 

This is what the secretary of the Democratic Party said, Enrico LettaOn interview to the foreign press. 

"Right-wing propaganda He speaks about this subject incorrectly. These people were born here, they are Italian in every respect. It is only right that they have Italian citizenship. Let's call it... ius soli or ius culturae, I'm flexible with the tools, but I want reach the result", he spoke Read.

See an excerpt from the interview:

Letta had talked about Italian citizenship Ius Soli during his speech to the PD leadership as candidate secretary, immediately generating criticism from the center right, starting with Salvini. “Is Letta talking about Ius soli? This means he wants to overthrow the government,” said the Lega leader.

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