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Descendants of Italian emigrants get new chance to claim citizenship after EU court referral

Hundreds of thousands of people blocked from claiming citizenship by ancestry were urged to file new claims immediately after Italy referred the restrictions to Europe’s highest court.

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Five ways Italy's League party wants to tighten citizenship rules

A new bill aims to make it significantly harder to obtain - or keep - Italian citizenship, with proposals ranging from testing knowledge of Italian culture to making it possible to leave people stateless.

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Italy approves plan to speed up overseas citizenship claims

Ancestry-based citizenship applications filed abroad could soon be handled very differently after Italian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a major change.

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Inside Italy: What citizenship rule changes could mean for population decline

In this week's Inside Italy review, we look at how Italy is changing its citizenship rules, and the political debate over 'new Italians' as the population continues to fall.

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What are the chances of Italy voting in favour of easing citizenship rules?

Italy will hold a landmark referendum on easing citizenship by residency rules in early June. But what are the chances of the proposed reform becoming reality?

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COMPARE: Which European countries have the strictest rules on dual citizenship?

Being a citizen of your country of long-term residence brings a lot of advantages, especially when it comes to peace of mind, but some countries in Europe have far stricter rules than others.