Episode 83 : Half a million Italians support petition for easier path to citizenship

Italians have been rallying behind a petition to push for a referendum that would cut in half the time foreign nationals need to live in Italy before applying for citizenship.

Just last week, many media outlets were still doubting that they’d reach the required 500,000 signatures in time.

But yesterday, it did – meaning the proposal will now move forward in the referendum process.

Today we explore what this reform is really about and how a country governed by an anti-immigration, far-right party saw such a surge of support for naturalisation reform.

Europe, Day by Day is a Europod production in partnership with Sphera Network.

The executive producer of Europe, Day by Day is Alexander Damiano Ricci.

The host of Europe, Day by Day is Emma Belmonte.

The scriptwriter of this episode is Emma Belmonte.

This episode was produced and edited by Seden Anlar.

Original soundtrack by Thomas Kusberg.