Italians vote to reduce the requirements for obtaining citizenship
propagandaMany public figures gathered this week in Rome to promote “Yes” in the following Nationality referendumIt requests the cancellation of Law 91 of 1992. The vote will be held between 8 and 9 June.
The cancellation, which was proposed by Más Eurobe Minister, Riccardo Magi (Proceuropea formation and Certificate Center in Italian Policy), It will reduce ten to five years, the temporary condition for the acquisition of Italian citizenship. Other requirements – minimal levels, regularity, absence of criminal records, and knowledge of the Italian language – will remain unchanged.
It is a change that will not be sufficient for reform -as they claimed for at least ten years Various political forces and associationsToday’s law is a historical paradox, whose change can lead to amending the future of nearly a million and a half people. The reduction would equal Italy’s regulations with most European countries, including Germany, France, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Disposmetles caused by “Law 91” of 1992
The current law depends on “Ius Sanguinis” and proves that citizens have been obtained by OffspringWhile the principle of naturalization applies to anyone else. This was imagined to ensure that the Immigrant descendants of many abroad did not lose their nationality rights.
In the past thirty years, The phenomenon of migratory turned. In Italy, millions of foreigners live, although they are completely integrated, they have no Italian nationality because of a The complex bureaucracy processIt is very expensive and very long that fails.
The biggest defamation of the current law affects Palace: Each of those born in Italy from foreign parents and those who have arrived in the country can seek citizenship within one year after the completion of the 18 if they reside in Italy continuously.
According to the latest estimates, there are nearly a million children of foreign citizens residing in school age. Of them, He was born seven out of ten in Italy. They are barely measurable Adults born in Italy, but they are considered foreigners Thus, punishing in many aspects of daily life, from voting to participating in a general tender. Also, the referendum will indirectly help some of those who are still slight: If they live with their new Italian parents, citizens will get automatically.
Italian stories without nationality
In the work of the referendum promotion committee, the stories of dozens of people who fought for considered Italians were heard. “I was born from the African fathers, who came here in the 1990s. However, I did not get citizens at eighteen,” explains to “Eurono” Maurizio BossoA famous actor in the movie “Tolo Tulo”and De Checco Zalone.
Between 18 and 19 years oldTo generate it in Italy from foreign parents, You have a year to order it. But from there to get it there is a long extension. Often there is also due to the lack of documents in the country of origin, it is difficult to obtain or recover. “Finally, I get citizenship at the age of twenty, but I consider myself lucky as well, because I have many friends who are still waiting,” explains Usiku, singer and writer’s writer. This feels privileged because his mother conveyed an Italian nationality. His father was unable, although decades in Italy have not yet been able to obtain the same basic system.
Amin Abu Aslai, a digital strategic expert, says he was lucky because of His father, the Palestinian, obtained Italian citizenship Before being born. “I have given me privileges that many other people have.
But there are also those who have arrived in Italy from children and want to consider them Italian. Like Raymond Karam, what He escaped from religious persecution in Egypt At the age of fourteen, leaving his entire family behind her, and arrived in Italy crossing the Mediterranean. “Now I am 26 years old and citizens also do not prevent me from returning to my house without risking the skin. I don’t even allow me To participate in the opposition, I lack the requirements “Maybe we give more as a Muslim by him, nationality,” says Karim.I feel the Italian citizen to the nucleus. “
To consider it is valid, the referendum should reach ‘Quorum ’50 % in addition to a voter. This is why the referendum campaign is trying to hear as much as possible and persuade those who usually refrain from going to the polls.
On the contrary, the political and social forces that oppose the referendum and vote “no” – LosParties The government of the governor of Faek brothers in Italy, the league So Foreza Italy- They called the voters so that they would not go to the polls and instead of “going to the beach”, in order to avoid any danger from reaching the “quorum”.
The calls to refrain from being controversial because they come from some of the highest positions in the country. The Senate Speaker, Ignazio La Russa (brothers from Italy) said he would “do” advertising “so that people remain at home. Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni, He announced that he would go physically to the polls, but it will not collect votes, an option equal to refrain from abstaining. The last opinion polls are not very optimistic and expect a Share between 35 % and 40 %Not sufficient to reverse the law.
