Italy Reaffirms Stricter Ancestry-Based Citizenship Rules
TL;DR
Italy's Constitutional Court upheld a 2025 law that restricts citizenship under jus sanguinis to people with an Italian parent or grandparent born in Italy, rejecting retroactive challenges and signaling tighter processing in Rome to curb abuse as citizenship claims have surged globally.
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