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Decree Law No. 36/2025 – Hearings Underway in the Italian Senate
The Italian government’s Decree Law No. 36/2025, issued on March 28, 2025, introduces a dramatic shift in the legal framework for Italian citizenship iure sanguinis. The decree—currently under review by the First Commission of the Senate, chaired by Senator Alberto Balboni—imposes significant restrictions on access to citizenship by descent, limiting recognition to a maximum of…
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Arturo Grasso Speaks on ‘A New Life in Italy’ Podcast
The so-called ‘Tajani Decree’ or Decree-Law no. 36/2025 (Decreto-Legge 28 marzo 2025, n. 36) has sent shockwaves through the Italian citizenship community: the Italian diaspora, attorneys and judges, other professionals in the sector, and so many more affected by the shock decree law. The founder of My Lawyer in Italy, Avvocato Arturo Grasso, has been working…
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FAQs on Court Cases after Decree-Law no. 36/2025
Introduction The new DL-36 (the so-called ‘Tajani Decree’) has had a major impact on all people petitioning for their Italian citizenship by descent, drastically affecting people’s rights. These changes have sparked many questions among our clients filing to court, and we have collected the most relevant ones here.While these changes are already in effect and…
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Justice for Italian Descendants: Understanding the 2025 Citizenship Reform
Overview of Decree-Law no. 36/2025 (Decreto-Legge 28 marzo 2025, n. 36) As many of you are aware, on March 28, 2025, the Italian government enacted a significant amendment to its citizenship laws through an emergency decree-law. This extraordinary legislative instrument bypassed parliamentary debate. Known as the Tajani decree-law, named after the minister who drafted it,…