Deputy Premier, Foreign Minister and
centre-right post Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI) party leader
Antonio Tajani said Sunday FI would not make any "shabby deal"
with the Left over ius scholae, a possible law change to let the
children of immigrants apply for citizenship after completing
compulsory education at 16 instead of having to wait until they
are 18 as at present.
"On the ius scholae we have only expressed our position, we have
never said that it must be discussed today or tomorrow," said
Tajani in Verona.
He said "FI cannot give up its identity. Not least because ius
scholae would be stricter than the current citizenship law. But
this has nothing to do with shabby deals or agreements, with the
Left.
"I have always shown which side I am on".
Tajani added: "A modern centre right must gather consensus, we
always win in the centre, if we abandon the centre, the centre
right is destined to lose".
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