Judgment 142/2025: Constitutional Court On Unrestricted Iure Sanguinis Citizenship

The Constitutional Court has ruled on Citizenship by descent. Discover the impact of Judgment 142/2025 and what it means for applicants.

With Judgment no. 142, filed on 31 July 2025, the Italian Constitutional Court dismissed the questions of constitutionality raised by the Courts of Bologna, Rome, Milan and Florence, which had sought to place limits and additional requirements on the automatic recognition of citizenship for the children of Italians born abroad.

The question put to the Court

The referring Courts challenged Act 91/1992, arguing that it allows millions of people with no substantial ties to Italy, other than blood descent from an Italian ancestor, to obtain Citizenship.