A recent article by Alberto Lama on NT+ Diritto – Il Sole 24 Ore highlights why the hearing before the Sezioni Unite of the Italian Supreme Court on 14 April 2026 will be crucial for Italian citizenship by descent (ius sanguinis). In short, the Court is being asked to clarify in which cases Italian citizenship was lost in the past, and how far the 2025 reform can reach back in time.
Lama notes that the first issue concerns children born abroad as dual citizens from birth (Italian by descent and citizens of their country of birth) whose Italian parent later became a foreign citizen while they were still minors. Some decisions say these children automatically lost Italian citizenship with the parent; others say that, as duals from birth, they should keep it unless they renounce it as adults.
The second issue is the 2025 reform, which sharply restricts ius sanguinis recognition for people born abroad who already hold another citizenship, unless specific conditions are met (often, having filed a request before 28 March 2025). The key question is whether these new rules can apply to people born long before 2025, treating them as if they had never acquired Italian citizenship.
The Constitutional Court has rejected some constitutional objections to the reform (including criticism of the cut‑off date), but has not resolved all interpretation issues. It is now up to the Sezioni Unite to determine how far the 2025 rules extend in time and how they fit with the older citizenship framework.
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