A recent ruling from the Tribunal of Florence — Specialized Section on Immigration — has taken a different path from the Bologna courts on the question of consular attempts, developing one of the most analytically detailed arguments in favor of protection seen so far...
On June 9, 2026, the Constitutional Court held a public hearing on three referral orders challenging Law 74/2025 — also known as the Tajani reform, which profoundly modified the Italian citizenship law n. 91/1992. The hearing was presided over by Court President...
The Tribunal of Bologna has addressed the consular attempts argument in more than one ruling, reaching the same conclusion each time. What makes the decisions analyzed here particularly significant is not just their outcome, but the explicitness of the reasoning —...
Anyone tracking Italian citizenship by descent right now is dealing with a genuinely confusing situation. In the space of a few months, Italian courts have issued decisions that flatly contradict each other. This article covers the significant decisions I have been...
Ruling of the Italian Corte di Cassazione no. 13818 of 12 May 2026 establishes a principle of major practical importance for those seeking recognition of Italian citizenship iure sanguinis who tried to book a consular appointment before 27 March 2025 without success....
With judgment no. 63/2026, the Italian Constitutional Court validated the reform of citizenship by descent introduced by Decree-Law no. 36/2025, converted into Law no. 74/2025 (AKA Tajani Decree). A long-awaited, widely debated decision — and, for many of those...
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