The Italian senator Francesca La MarcaRepresentative [Name], from the Democratic Party, elected in the Central and North American constituency, presented a motion to broaden the criteria for transmitting Italian citizenship by descent. The proposal asks the government to allow all current Italian citizens, and those who regain citizenship within the window stipulated by current law, to transmit the right. jure sanguinis Up to two generations.
The initiative is a direct response to the citizenship law reform approved by the current government, which came into effect last year. The new rule significantly restricted recognition by blood, limiting it, in most cases, to those who have a father or grandfather born in Italy and who is, or was at the time of death, the sole holder of Italian citizenship.
La Marca states that the proposal arose from complaints gathered from Italian communities within its jurisdiction. "Italian citizenship is the recognition of a family and cultural continuity that spans generations and continents and cannot be linked to the simple fact of being born in Italy and exclusively possessing Italian citizenship," the senator declared in a statement.
The parliamentarian also criticizes the impact of the transition. According to her, the reform forced applicants, within very short periods, to confront legislation completely different from the previous one, putting thousands of people who had planned their process based on the previous rules in difficulty. "The change had a strong impact on thousands of Italian families abroad who suddenly found themselves deprived of the right to pass on Italian citizenship to their descendants," she stated.
If approved, the motion would allow first- and second-generation descendants of those who are currently Italian citizens, or who regain citizenship within the regulatory window, to acquire citizenship by descent. "I am pleased that, through this motion, the majority can seize the opportunity to repair the rift that this reform has created with Italian communities around the world," he concluded. The Brand.
