Access to Spanish citizenship for Sephardic Jews: Are some descendants excluded from the citizenship offer?
Read the article in The World and a previous news item on the initiative of the Spanish government.
Author: rscas.webunit@eui.eu
Austria: Citizenship bill includes minor repairs and faster naturalisation for “especially well-integrated” migrants
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP experts Joachim Stern and Gerd Valchars On 5 February, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior officially published the government coalition’s proposal for changes to the Austrian Citizenship Act. While the Ministry considers the amendment to be a Read More …
French minister says children born to surrogate mothers abroad can apply for citizenship
Read the news item on Bionews.
Czech Republic: New bill to introduce dual citizenship
Read and listen to the report on Radio Prague. To read more about the bill, read Andrea Baršová‘s commentary and news item.
Leader of German Socialdemocrats wants to allow dual citizenship
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP co-director Rainer Bauböck After a very narrow victory for a party coalition of Socialdemocrats and Greens in recent elections in Lower Saxony, Sigmar Gabriel, the SPD’s chancellor candidate for the next federal elections, announced that in case Read More …
Second Generation Immigrants Denied Italian Citizenship when Affected by Down Syndrom
By Italy Country expert Guido Tintori Access to citizenship by ius soli for second generation immigrants in Italy is quite restrictive. According to the law (Act. 91/1992) a person born in Italy from foreign parents can apply for citizenship by Read More …
Additional report Lithuania
An additional report by Ramutė Ruškytė on the recent changes in citizenship law and policy is now online on the Country Profile for Lithuania.
Revised UK citizenship test includes more questions on history and fewer on social life in Britain
Read the article on the Guardian online.
18 000 foreigners granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2012
Read the article in SofiaGlobe.com.
Italian Erasmus Students Protest their Disenfranchisement from the Upcoming Elections of February 24-25
By Italy country expert Guido Tintori (editor of Il voto degli altri. Rappresentanza e scelte elettorali degli italiani all’estero [The Vote of Others. Political Representation and Electoral Participation of the Italians abroad], 2012) Italian Erasmus students are currently mobilising on Read More …