Centre-right post Berlusconi Forza
Italia (FI) leader Antonio Tajani said Monday FI is going to
push ahead with a so-called 'ius scholae' (Latin for law of the
school) reform to grant Italian citizenship to the children of
immigrants once they have completed mandatory schooling in
Italy, rather than wait until they are 18 to apply as at
present.
Asked to comment on FI's allies Brothers of Italy (FdI) and the
League saying the issue was "a summer issue" that had now been
set aside, FI sources said "no it isn't, it's an issue we want
to address".
Tajani has asked parliamentary whips to come up with an "organic
proposal" on a reform bill by the end of this month, the sources
told ANSA:
Ius scholae would have the support of the opposition, although
it would prefer ius soli (law of the soil), or automatic
citizenship for being born on Italian soil, which is the norm in
many other western democracies.
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