Following my previous post on first impressions of Constitutional Court Ruling No. 63/2026, published on April 30, 2026, with an analysis of the aforementioned ruling, highlighting the outstanding issues and contradictions the drafter has encountered. I reiterate that the provision has a distinctly political slant as it recognizes (or rather legitimizes) the need for a so-called effective link with Italy for the purposes of recognition of one's citizenship status. ***** The c

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