Summary by Roxana Barbulescu of a report in Corriere della Sera Immigrant associations have lobbied for many years for a reform of the Italian nationality law that would grant citizenship to children born in the country of foreign parents. Now Read More …
By Sampo Brander, EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert for Finland The long version of this commentary is available here. The Finnish Nationality Act was amended on 1 September 2011. The most important changes concern the required period of residence in Finland and Read More …
By Anja Lansbergen, EUDO CITIZENSHIP consortium member 15 November 2011: Case C-256/11, Dereci and others v Bundesministerium für Inneres ECJ decides that third country national family members of static EU citizens will derive a right of residence in a Member Read More …
Summary by Oriane Calligaro of the study published in Info migrations (full text in French available here) 1. Summary In 2010, the increase of the annual numbers of acquisition of French citizenship – 143 275 new French citizens – is Read More …
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Andrea Baršová In line with its statement of 4 August 2010, the Czech government established after the 2010 parliamentary elections to the Chamber of Deputies proceeds with the work on the new citizenship law.[1] The new Read More …
Summary by Roxana Barbulescu of the article on Elpais.com (full text in Spanish available here) On 1 November 2011 the conservative party in Spain, the Popular Party announced in its electoral programme that if they win the elections scheduled for Read More …
By EUDO Citizenship author Dejan Stjepanovic On 26 October 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina ratified an agreement on dual citizenship with Croatia. The agreement was adopted in 2007 but had failed to be ratified by the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency in Read More …
On 21 October 2011 the Croatian Parliament adopted the Law on Relations between the Republic of Croatia and Croats outside the Republic of Croatia. The law was based on the government’s strategy adopted in May 2011. The law distinguishes between Read More …
The Interior Ministry has been preparing a new bill that toughens the conditions for granting Czech citizenship. Read the draft law (in Czech) and the report in Prague Daily Monitor (in English). Take note that the law should enter into Read More …
Read the press release and the full judgment by the European Court of Human Rights.
