The referendum vies to halve, from 10 to five, the number of years of continual legal residence required for foreign citizens to obtain Italian citizenship.
The change would “restore legislation in place before 1992 and would align us to what is established in several other EU countries,” Magi said.
The 500,000 signatures needed to be collected by the end of September to request the referendum on citizenship reform.
The referendum was launched by lawmaker Magi and still requires that the applicant fulfils a number of criteria.
Magi said Tuesday that the Constitutional Court will decide on whether to approve the referendum in February and “then we expect a vote in the spring”.
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