Clare Speak - clare.speak@thelocal.com
Updated: Thu 23 Jul 2026 16:43 CET
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A surprise decision by Italy's Constitutional Court on THursday was "good news" for good news for people whose citizenship claims are still pending, or have already been turned down based on the tightened rules. Photo: Italian Constituional Court press office
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.
