Italy's Constitutional Court to Review 2025 Citizenship Law on June 9
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Updated · insieme.com.br · Jun 6
Italy's Constitutional Court to Review 2025 Citizenship Law on June 9
3 articles · Updated · insieme.com.br · Jun 6
Summary
June 9 will put Italy’s 15-member Constitutional Court at the center of challenges to Law 74/2025, which tightened recognition of citizenship by descent.
The court will examine constitutional questions sent by the courts of Mantua and Campobasso, testing whether the 2025 restrictions comply with Italy’s Constitution.
Giovanni Pitruzzella will serve as rapporteur for the case after already handling Judgment No. 63/2026, the court’s first ruling tied to the new citizenship limits.
The panel—4 women and 11 men aged 53 to 77—includes senior magistrates, law professors, lawyers, former ministers and ex-parliamentarians drawn from Italy’s top institutions.
Because the dispute affects citizenship by descent, the ruling could reach far beyond Italy and shape claims by millions of descendants worldwide.
Will Italy's highest court uphold a law that redefines the ancestral identity of millions of its descendants worldwide?
Is this citizenship showdown a simple legal reform, or a profound redefinition of what it means to be Italian?
June 9, 2026: Italy’s Constitutional Court to Decide Fate of Maternal Line Citizenship and Tajani Decree Restrictions
Overview
On June 9, 2026, the Italian Constitutional Court will hold a crucial hearing that could reshape Italian citizenship by descent. This session, prompted by referral orders from the Courts of Campobasso and Mantova, directly challenges the long-standing rule that denies citizenship to those born before 1948 to an Italian mother, while allowing it through the paternal line. The courts argue this distinction violates constitutional and EU principles of equality and non-discrimination. A favorable decision could end the need for court battles for many applicants, making citizenship more accessible and correcting a historical injustice.