Italythe government of Argentina granted citizenship to the president; Javier Mileybecause of his Italian family roots, instigating among the opposition politicians who opposed his work for children born in Italy to immigrant parents.
Mileus came to Rome to meet the prime minister of Italy; George Meloniand on the Saturday of their festival the Brothers of Italy are present.
A source with knowledge of the matter said the government had given Italian citizens to the Argentine leader, declining to provide further details.
The news reported by the Italian media is prompting an angry reaction from some politicians and on social media from people protesting the city of Mile since it is difficult to get children born. Italy parents to migrate
Italian states are bound by blood law, meaning that even distant descendants can obtain an Italian national passport. The requirement for foreigners born in Italy or migrating there is again much tougher. Pro-immigrant groups have proposed a referendum to relieve them, but Meloni’s right-wing coalition is against any relaxation.
Riccardo Magi, a lawmaker from the small opposition +Europe party, said that granting Milea citizenship was an act of “intolerable discrimination against so many young people who obtained it after many years alone”.
During a previous trip to Italy in February, Milei said in a TV interview that he felt “75% Italian”, since his three grandparents had Italian origins and that he had “an incredible passion for Italian work”.
The libertarian Miles and the conservative Meloni established a close relationship. When they met in Buenos Aires last month, the Argentine leader gave his Italian guest a statue of himself carrying his handcuffs.