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Italian Citizenship Law 74/2025: What Changed, Who Is Affected, and What to Do Now

Italian Citizenship Law 74/2025: What Changed, Who Is Affected, and What to Do Now In March 2025, the Italian government introduced one of the most significant changes to Italian citizenship law in decades. If you have Italian ancestry and have been thinking about applying for citizenship by descent — jure sanguinis — here is everything

Italian Constitutional Court Palazzo della Consulta Rome — ruling on Law 74/2025 March 2026
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Italian Citizenship and the Constitutional Court: What the March 11 Ruling Means for You

⚖️ Update — March 12, 2026 The Italian Constitutional Court has ruled. On March 12, 2026, the Court declared the constitutional challenges to Law 74/2025 partly unfounded and partly inadmissible. Law 74/2025 stands. The two-generation limit for new applications filed after March 27, 2025 is constitutionally legitimate. The retroactivity argument was rejected. There is no

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