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Maarten Vink

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all about citizenship | 🇳🇱 prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 co-director @globalcit.bsky.social 🌏 | resident of Braga 🇵🇹 | eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | maartenpvink.substack.com | 🚲 cyclist in Florence ⚜️

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Depressing. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Brazil’s markets surge as investors bet on Flávio Bolsonaro election win
Rightwinger seen as more likely than current president Lula to enact quick spending cuts
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is very worrying.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📣 New GLOBALCIT Review Symposium 📖 ‘Citizenship Renunciation without Emigration’ by Lior Erez, featuring comments by five authors 📝 @liorerez.bsky.social with the kickoff piece 🔗 globalcit.eu/introduction...
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GLOBALCIT Review Symposium on ‘Citizenship Renunciation without Emigration’ by Lior Erez - Globalcit
Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🟣 @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social What does citizenship renunciation express? 📖 globalcit.eu/introduction... 🟡 @pattitlenard.bsky.social: Does renouncing citizenship express much at all? 👓 globalcit.eu/introduction...
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GLOBALCIT Review Symposium on ‘Citizenship Renunciation without Emigration’ by Lior Erez - Page 4 of 6 - Globalcit
Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
⚪ @deeesharp.bsky.social: Renunciation, Emigration and the Point of Citizenship 📖 globalcit.eu/introduction... 🟢 Rainer Bauböck: Emigration is a Reasonable Condition for Renouncing Membership in a Birthright Community 📖 globalcit.eu/introduction...
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GLOBALCIT Review Symposium on ‘Citizenship Renunciation without Emigration’ by Lior Erez - Page 2 of 6 - Globalcit
Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🟠 @juleslepoutre.bsky.social: Where Renunciation Leads globalcit.eu/introduction...
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GLOBALCIT Review Symposium on ‘Citizenship Renunciation without Emigration’ by Lior Erez - Page 6 of 6 - Globalcit
Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Citizenship in the News 📰🇪🇸🇲🇦 Why Spain’s new Sahrawi citizenship law matters to Morocco: The new citizenship bill for Sahrawis touches a sensitive fault line in Madrid’s ties with Rabat. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Why Spain’s new Sahrawi citizenship law matters to Morocco
The new citizenship bill for Sahrawis touches a sensitive fault line in Madrid’s ties with Rabat.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New Blog Post 🚨 Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui asks whether Western citizenship's promise of openness holds up against lived experiences of noncitizenship — and finds the Gulf model is often preferred over naturalising in the Global North 🌍 🔗 tinyurl.com/378b9ssx
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When Noncitizenship in the Arabian Gulf is Privileged Over Pursuing Western Citizenship - Globalcit
Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui (Oxford University) Migration Patterns in and from the Arabian Gulf Migration planning and migrant identities in the Arabian Gulf are taking increasingly heterogeneous shapes a...
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
4-year postdoc(s) at Copenhagen Business School on project The Business of Corruption: Why Business Elites Collude or Combat Political Corruption, led by @mkjustesen.bsky.social. Start: summer 2027, deadline 18 September. www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh no... Now also Ireland is planning to increase the residence requirement for naturalisation (from 5 to 8 years)?? If this goes through it would be a pretty dramatic move. Justification rests on picking the most restrictive examples across Europe... www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh no... Now also Ireland is planning to increase the residence requirement for naturalisation (from 5 to 8 years)?? If this goes through it would be a pretty dramatic move. Justification rests on picking the most restrictive examples across Europe... www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the weird parts of this story is that Stockholm University apparently was forced to design the new language test for citizenship n Sweden.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Senegal 🇸🇳 is on course to become the first African Union member state to sign and ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights relating to the right to a nationality and the eradication of statelessness in Africa 🌍 📰 Catch up with our news article: l1nq.com/2qb458i
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Senegal takes first step towards ratifying the African Protocol on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness - Globalcit
Senegal is on course to become the first African Union (AU) member state to sign and ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights relating to the right to a nationality and ...
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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Senegalese Council of Ministers communique on adoption of draft law for accession to the Protocol to the ACHPR on the right to a nationality and eradication of statelessness
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
check out @polinera.bsky.social for a great project on Political Inclusion in an Era of Radicalization. POLINERA is a research project funded under the Nordforsk call for Nordic-Baltic research on migration and integration. www.tlu.ee/en/polinera
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Political Inclusion in an Era of Radicalization (POLINERA)
While the success of the populist radical right has been extensively documented in Europe and also the Nordic-Baltic region, we have little knowledge about how this is affecting the local immigrant an...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Let’s how long map providers keep it together…
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Good piece on England’s birthright citizenship in the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Kathleen Commons · Short Cuts: England’s Birthright Citizenship
It was relatively straightforward for the British government to end birthright subjecthood: statute overrides common law...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Interesting experience sharing insights from @globalcit.bsky.social to weigh in on #citizenship discussions in Italian parliament 🇮🇹. Curious to see what happens from here. @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social www.eunews.it/en/2026/07/3...
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EUI expert weighs in on Italian citizenship bill
The European University Institute presents a comparison of the citizenship laws of 32 European countries to Parliament
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@eunews.bsky.social
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Interesting experience sharing insights from @globalcit.bsky.social to weigh in on #citizenship discussions in Italian parliament 🇮🇹. Curious to see what happens from here. @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social www.eunews.it/en/2026/07/3...
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EUI expert weighs in on Italian citizenship bill
The European University Institute presents a comparison of the citizenship laws of 32 European countries to Parliament
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What do you do when the Supreme Court doesn’t let you redefine birthright citizenship? You bring out the old “alien enemies” card… bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here we go again. 🧵 with links www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’ (Gift Article)
The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
And another 🧵 from birthright EO round I discussions, if you're interested in the 'here we go again' aspects. bsky.app/profile/maar...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Curious about the regulation of birthright citizenship beyond the US? Check out this 🧵 from the discussion around birthright EO round I, with links to relevant literature and sources (@globalcit.bsky.social). Including a somewhat pedantic comment on terminology... bsky.app/profile/maar...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Note: this number includes women who did not necessarily intend to have a baby in the US, and excludes births to women who traveled to the US with the intent to have a baby but who used a US address to avoid scrutiny (part of business models promoting birth tourism, @migrationpolicy.bsky.social).
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
And some context on the "birth tourism" "problem" that is at the heart of the two new EO's. In 2024, according to @migrationpolicy.bsky.social, the CDC reported ~ 9,600 babies born to foreign resident mothers. That's less than 0.3 % of all births in the US. www.migrationpolicy.org/journal/poli...
Figure 1. Number of Babies Born in the United States to Foreign Residents and Share of All U.S. Births, 2016-24. Figure shows the number of annual U.S. births to mothers listing their official address as outside the United States or its territories. This includes people who did not come to the United States specifically to have their baby, but not babies born to unauthorized immigrants or to temporary visitors using a U.S. address.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
and @evanbernick.bsky.social’s take bsky.app/profile/evan...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What do you do when the Supreme Court doesn’t let you redefine birthright citizenship? You bring out the old “alien enemies” card… bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
And @unlawfulentries.bsky.social’s take on the new birthright citizenship EO. bsky.app/profile/unla...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Detailed commentary by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/reic...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here’s a “factsheet” with the administration’s pitch of both EO’s. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ends Birth Tourism and Protects the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AND ENDING BIRTH TOURISM: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed two Executive Orders to continue to protect the
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here’s the EO targeting “birth tourism”, including visa/entry measures and “other appropriate action against entities, organizations, or individuals, within or outside of the United States, responsible for facilitating or enabling birth tourism in any manner.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Ending Birth Tourism
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home ...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So the Supreme Court did not let Trump redefine birthright citizenship. He’s trying again. Here’s the EO with new exclusion grounds for executive recognition of citizenship. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here we go again. 🧵 with links www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’ (Gift Article)
The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Trump administration’s cuts to blue states effectively reclassify many Americans to second class citizens based on residency. @donmoyn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@peterspiro.bsky.social may have smt to say about this
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Trump administration’s cuts to blue states effectively reclassify many Americans to second class citizens based on residency. @donmoyn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Per tutto quello che avete sempre voluto sapere sulla cittadinanza, e molto altro, il sito del @globalcit.bsky.social: globalcit.eu
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Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) - Globalcit
GLOBALCIT is committed to fact-based and non-partisan analysis of citizenship laws and policies around the globe. From 2017 GLOBALCIT is the successor of EUDO CITIZENSHIP.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Per maggiori dettagli, qui la mia memoria scritta: globalcit.eu/globalcit-co...
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GLOBALCIT Co-Director Maarten Vink testifies in Italian Parliament on Citizenship Proposals - Globalcit
GLOBALCIT Co-Director Maarten Vink testified on July 21st 2026, before Italy’s Constitutional Affairs Committee on a proposed amendment to the citizenship law, drawing on GLOBACIT data on citizenship ...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Grazie a Beda Romano per aver ripreso, nel suo blog per Il Sole 24 Ore, il mio intervento nell'audizione del 21 luglio davanti alla Commissione Affari Costituzionali della Camera dei deputati sulla proposta di legge A.C. 2124. bedaromano.blog.ilsole24ore.com/2026/08/02/l...
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La vicenda di Ceuta, la reazione del governo Meloni e le restrizioni all'ottenimento della nazionalità italiana - Dal fronte di Bruxelles (ex GermaniE)
Molti commentatori hanno criticato in questi giorni il governo Meloni per la reazione avuta dinanzi agli avvenimenti di Ceuta, l’enclave spagnola in territorio africano. Sono d’accordo con molte delle...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The perimeters of a new paper has been agreed to!
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Zoon van collega zoekt kamer in regio Rotterdam.
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Jani Erola @janierola.net · 02/08/2026
My son Eemil is about to begin his studies at Rotterdam Business School this autumn. If you know someone in the region who needs a trusty tenant, please let me known! Anything in a commutable range would definitely be fine, Eemil has already extended his search to Delft, Gouda and Dordrecht.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Huh… what? www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Citizenship in the News 📰 🇰🇭 Cambodian law can render citizens stateless for ‘undermining national security’: Is the new law a legal tool to promote nationalism or a weapon to silence dissent? globalvoices.org/2026/07/19/c...
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Cambodian law can render citizens stateless for ‘undermining national security’
“I know how easily words like ‘traitor’ and ‘enemy’ can be wielded by those in power to crush hope and sow fear.”
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Citizenship in the News 📰 🌏 With comments by our Country Expert Christoph Sperfeldt Born Without a Country: In Southeast Asia, colonial legacies and citizenship policies continue to leave hundreds of thousands without legal nationality daily.jstor.org/born-without...
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Born Without a Country - JSTOR Daily
In Southeast Asia, colonial legacies and citizenship policies continue to leave hundreds of thousands without legal nationality.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
❗New Entry Paola Cavalieri questions whether trust & sociability, the preconditions for interspecies politics in the debate, hold against the industrial agribusiness 🏭 Animal resistance is political action, doing politics with them starts with supporting that 🐾 📖 tinyurl.com/af5ybcbt
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Political Animals: Should non-humans be recognised as co-citizens, denizens and self-governing political agents? - Page 3 of 3 - Globalcit
Kickoff contribution by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka Comments by Maneesha Deckha, Paola Cavalieri Read More ...
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So let me get this straight. This morning, André Ventura (Chega) suggests there was a Watergate-like break-in at his parliamentary office. CCTV reportedly showed 1 of his own MPs entering the office at 7am while cleaners said it was left open overnight Desperate? sicnoticias.pt/pais/politic...
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Citizenship in the News 📰🇮🇹🇪🇺 Italy sends citizenship-by-descent dispute to the Court of Justice: The Constitutional Court halted challenges to the Tajani Decree and asked whether restrictions affecting people born before the law took effect comply with EU law edition.cnn.com/2026/07/25/t...
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The global battle for Italian citizenship rights just got a potential lifeline | CNN
Italy’s Constitutional Court has referred a strict new law restricting citizenship to Europe’s highest court, offering hope to thousands seeking a new nationality.
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