PD presents citizenship-law proposal

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 23 - The opposition centre-left Democratic Party (PD) has presented a proposal to the Lower House for a citizenship reform, PD lawmaker Ouidad Bakkali told ANSA on Monday.
    The draft law provides for the so-called ius soli (or law of the soil in Latin) whereby children who are born in Italy to foreign parents can be granted citizenship, provided one of the two parents has legally resided in the country for at least one year, under the proposal.
    The reform would also allow children to be granted citizenship "if they arrived in Italy by age 12 and attended school for at least five years", Bakkali said.
    The five years would include nursery school, under the citizenship reform.
    Moreover, "in line with the majority of European countries, the years of continual residency are lowered from 10 to five" to be granted citizenship, added Bakkali. (ANSA).