The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation is expected to rule in May 2026 on a critical legal challenge regarding a 2025 law that severely restricted citizenship rights for the global Italian diaspora. The court will determine if the current government’s ban on “infinite lineage” citizenship can be applied retroactively to thousands of applicants currently in the bureaucratic pipeline.
Under the reform enacted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government in May 2025, eligibility is restricted to individuals with at least…
