In an interview with Fanpage.it, deputy Erasmo Palazzotto (LeU) asks Parliament to begin discussion for a citizenship law reform Italian, who has just turned 30 years old.
There three bills waiting to be voted on. They are authored by Laura Boldrini (PD), Matthew Orfini (PD) and Renata Polverini (FI), all left-wing deputies.
Now, deputy Palazzotto, from the Liberi e Uguali (Leu) party, also on the left, relaunches the campaign 'On the right side of history' ('Dalla parte giusta della storia'), which asks that citizenship – in this case, ius soli – becomes a guaranteed right and those born in Italy are protected, without waiting until they turn 18.
He invites the Parliament to close this legislature with a law that can finally protect Italian citizens in all aspects.
“I am in favor of recognizing a ius soli full, as occurs in other countries, such as the United States. The status of birth in our country must give the right to full citizenship. The bills presented provide for various forms of simplified access for those who were born in this country or have resided for a certain period. I hope that the right of citizenship will be extended to the maximum for all those who have decided to make Italy the place to live and raise their children”, said Palazzotto.
According to him, Parliament and the Italian political system are “on the wrong side of history” for not being able to decide, postponing the discussion on this issue as they do not consider it urgent.
“Now there are expensive bills, the pandemic, the economic crisis. There is always something more important to discuss. We must have the courage to discuss it in the same way, without any hierarchy of priorities”, complains the deputy.
For him, the subject It is urgent and Italy can no longer postpone it. “We are talking about thousands of Italian children discriminated against simply because of their parents' country of origin. Almost a million children who attend school, play and go out with our children, are engaged to our children, are left without passports because they are not considered Italian,” he told [the newspaper]. Italian portal, on Friday (18).
According to Palazzotto, Law 91 of 1992, which regulates the issue of citizenship, is anachronistic. “The world has changed, electoral laws, budget laws, European treaties have been adapted. The only things that have not adapted are the rules that guarantee rights and in the case of citizenship they serve to regulate the demographic composition of a society, which in recent years has also aged”.
