https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...les-end-tenuous-descendant-claims-2025-03-28/
The summary: The government instituted a legislative decree to modify citizenship by descent under emergency powers effective at midnight Rome time on March 27. All existing applications or court filings are exempted and fall under the old laws. Any new submissions or filings have a generational limit of two generations (grandparents or parents) and changes are made to citizenship by marriage and eligibility of minor children of Italian citizens born abroad. They are pursuing additional legal changes in regular legislation this year to further restrict acquisition of citizenship by descent.
The summary: The government instituted a legislative decree to modify citizenship by descent under emergency powers effective at midnight Rome time on March 27. All existing applications or court filings are exempted and fall under the old laws. Any new submissions or filings have a generational limit of two generations (grandparents or parents) and changes are made to citizenship by marriage and eligibility of minor children of Italian citizens born abroad. They are pursuing additional legal changes in regular legislation this year to further restrict acquisition of citizenship by descent.
