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Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani

Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy

Appears in 2 stories

Born: 1953 (age 72 years), Rome, Italy
Party: Forza Italia
Spouse: Brunella Orecchio (m. 1988)
Previous offices: President of the European Parliament (2017–2019), Member of the European Parliament (2014–2022), European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship (2010–2014), and more
Parents: Augusta Nardi and Raffaele Tajani
Office: Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
Education: Sapienza University of Rome

Notable Quotes

"This reform does not exclude, but rather makes responsible. It proposes more selective and transparent criteria, capable of strengthening the integrity of our system and preventing abuse." — May 2025

"It's not a game to get a passport that allows you to go shopping in Miami." — March 2025, on ancestry-based citizenship claims

Stories

Italy ends centuries-old right to citizenship by descent for distant diaspora

Rule Changes

Serving as Foreign Minister; law upheld by Constitutional Court

For more than 160 years, anyone who could trace an unbroken bloodline to an Italian ancestor could claim Italian citizenship, no matter how many generations had passed. On March 12, 2026, Italy's Constitutional Court upheld a law that ended that principle, capping eligibility at people with an Italian-born parent or grandparent and requiring that ancestor to have held only Italian citizenship. The ruling cuts off millions of descendants in Brazil, Argentina, the United States, and elsewhere who could previously claim an Italian passport and the right to live and work anywhere in the European Union.

Updated May 30

New year's inferno at Swiss ski resort

Force in Play

Coordinating Italian victim response in Crans-Montana

A fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana at 1:30am on New Year's Day as over 100 revelers celebrated, killing at least 40 people and hospitalizing 116 with severe burns. Multiple witnesses told French media BFMTV that waitresses carried champagne bottles with sparklers on a barman's shoulders; the flames came within centimeters of the acoustic foam ceiling and engulfed the nightclub within 10 seconds.

Updated May 19