For decades, the state has been tightening its rules so that fewer and fewer are eligible. This is a chance for Italians to change the narrative, writes Jamie Mackay

For decades, the state has been tightening its rules so that fewer and fewer are eligible. This is a chance for Italians to change the narrative, writes Jamie Mackay

People are voting on whether to cut from 10 to five years the time required to apply for citizenship.

The changes would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreigners to obtain citizenship and provide more job protections.

Left-wing parties decry the lack of public debate on move to speed up naturalisation of immigrants.