Deputy wants Italian citizenship for foreigners who perform military service

the MEP Roberto Vannacci, of the LegaA former Italian Army officer, , proposed this Friday, the 19th, granting Italian citizenship to foreigners who join the Armed Forces. The statement was made during the “ZTL” program, presented by Gabriele Cappi at FM Radio News.

According to Vannacci, military service would be a legitimate way to demonstrate love for Italy. "Granting Italian citizenship to those who serve in the Army, including those..."maranza'? It's a proposal that makes sense,” he said. The term “maranza” It is used, often in a pejorative way, to refer to young people of foreign origin in urban peripheries.

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For the Italian Army general, the service should be of significant duration and include clear manifestations of a desire to belong to Italian society. “It could be one of the steps towards obtaining citizenship,” he said.

Vannacci also criticized the criterion of birth on Italian soil as a justification for granting automatic citizenship. “Citizenship should not be an automatism linked to school or place of birth, but to love for the nation,” he added.