The proposal to eliminate both the retroactive effect of the reform and the requirement that the ascendant be exclusively Italian citizens has been published in the Official Journal. On September 17, 2026, the Official Journal of the Italian Republic published the statement from the Supreme Court of Cassation registering the request presented by eleven Italian citizens to promote a referendum to repeal Article 3- bis of Law No. 91/1992. The goal now is to collect at least 500

The Avellino Court has submitted a new question to the Italian Constitutional Court regarding the citizenship reform approved in 2025. The case involves a minor born abroad and the refusal of a municipality in the province of Avellino to transcribe her birth certificate. In the decree suspending the proceedings and referring the case back to the Constitutional Court on 15 September 2026, the Judge considers the question of the constitutionality of Article 3-bis of Law 91/1992

Law 74/2025 (Art. 3-bis) allows you to apply for citizenship if your grandparent had *exclusive* citizenship, even if your parent has lost it! The Ministry, however, tried to hide the crime by publishing Circular 26185 to say "No, it's not true, the parent's naturalization counts." The judge must apply the law (which opens the way), not the circular (which closes the way). We can ask the judge not to apply the circular. It would be a pilot case, complex but with solid foundat

Residents, and their descendants, of the territories of Istria, Fiume, and Dalmatia ceded to the former Yugoslavia following the 1947 Treaty of Paris can request recognition of Italian citizenship if they meet certain requirements. Modifiche al confine orientale italiano dal 1920 al 1975. It is known that this type of recognition is not "iure sanguinis" , but occurs by benefit of the law, namely Law 124/2006. Law No. 124 of March 8, 2006, provides for the recognition of Itali

Attached is an excerpt from the Consulate's website, which specifically clarifies that: "In the event of reconstruction starting from the second-degree ancestor (grandfather/grandmother), the deceased must be exclusively Italian at the time of the applicant's birth or at the time of his/her death, if he/she died before the applicant's birth." The Italian Public Administration has therefore written in black and white that, for the purposes of citizenship recognition, the exclu

The Constitutional Court, with Order No. 147/2026, filed on July 23, 2026 , decided to refer the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union pursuant to Article 267 TFEU. The constitutional proceedings have been suspended pending Luxembourg's response. The referral concerns specifically art . 3-bis of Law 91/1992 , introduced by Legislative Decree 36/2025 and the subsequent conversion law 74/2025. The question, paraphrased, submitted to the CJEU is: Do Articles 9 TEU

Dopo aver delineato i concetti di territorio, popolo e sovranità, la Corte Costituzionale ha affermato che la Costituzione conferisce ai cittadini i cosiddetti diritti di partecipazione democratica. Questi diritti includono la partecipazione alla determinazione della politica nazionale. La Corte ha proseguito affermando che consentire a individui privi di un legame effettivo con la comunità statale italiana di partecipare alle decisioni politiche che si applicano a tale comun

Sentence no. 63 of 2026 was filed today, with which the Constitutional Court ruled on one of the most sensitive issues in Italian public law: citizenship, acquired by descent ( ius sanguinis ). The decision is part of the recent reform of 2025 (Legislative Decree 36/2025, converted into Law 74/2025), which introduced significant limits on the automatic transmission of Italian citizenship to descendants of emigrants. 1. The regulatory context: from "unlimited" citizenship to t

The ruling of the Court of Ancona With a decision dated 24 April 2026 , the Court of Ancona recognised Italian citizenship to some applicants descended from Italian citizens, even though the appeal had been presented after the reform came into force. The judge applied one of the exceptions provided for by the new legislation, deeming it sufficient to prove that a first or second degree ascendant was an Italian citizen and had never lost that status. A central element of the d