Cassation postpones 30 citizenship appeals to follow guidance from the Sezioni Unite (United Sections).

A Court of Cassation The First Civil Section decided to wait before judging 30 appeals regarding Italian citizenship. The First Civil Section removed all these cases from the session scheduled for October 7, 2026, and postponed the judgment to a date yet to be determined, according to a ruling signed this Monday (June 15) by the presiding judge. Maria Acierno.

The choice has a practical purpose. The section wants to first understand the position that as United Sections they will decide on the topic. and only then apply that same position to all the postponed appeals, without running the risk of conflicting judgments on the same issue.

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The justification is right at the beginning of the ruling. The document states that the solution to the legal issue at stake in these proceedings depends on the decision of the Sezioni Unite, the highest body of the Court of Cassation, on appeals that discuss exactly the same point.

These reference resources appear in the text under the general registration numbers 8548/2024, 18357/2024 and 18354/2024. While the United Sections Since no guidelines have been established, the First Civil Section understands that there is no way to move forward, which the ruling calls referral to a new set of judgments.

The dispatch contains information that had not yet been officially released. When discussing the decision of the Sezioni Unite, the text describes it as "awaiting publication".

The expression indicates that the trial has already taken place and that only the formal act of publication is lacking. The document, however, does not say when the publication will occur nor does it reveal any detail of the trial's content.

In practice, the decision disrupts the routine of those awaiting a resolution. Thirty appeals were transferred at once, all related to the same issue: the publication of the text of... United Sections.

Each of these cases remains a specific one. The postponement applies to these specific processes and does not automatically affect other citizenship applications currently being processed in the Italian courts.