Most of those people have no direct contact with the country, do not pay taxes in Italy, and do not vote, Tajani said. He added that the reform was necessary because “citizenship cannot be ...

That meant that even if one’s parents and grandparents did not obtain citizenship, people could still apply based on a great-grandparent or a generation even further back. The decree, published in ...

Rome (CNN) — A great-grandparent or even a great-great grandparent from Italy used to be all it took to guarantee Italian citizenship. A surprise decree has now changed all that, making it much ...

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