The editor of the respected newspaper Die Zeit Giovanni di Lorenzo, who has both German and Italian citizenship, boosted on a prime time talk show that he has voted twice in the elections for European Parliament last weekend. Dual citizens generally can vote in the national elections of each of their home countries. However, it is illegal to vote twice for the European Parliament, even though its members are allocated on a per country basis. The prosecutors in Germany promptly opened investigation while di Lorenzo claimed he was unaware of his wrongdoing.

Dual citizenship is especially salient in Germany at the moment as the Bundestag is debating an amendment to the ‘option model’.

Read more in Spiegel (in German) and Chicago Tribune.

Read more about dual citizenship in Germany.