But, although his wife and four children were French, he never wanted to give up Italian citizenship, out of respect for his parents.

When his Italian citizenship was stripped, he became a German citizen in 1957.

The party also calls for children of migrant parents to acquire Italian citizenship through a faster track.

Living at Lecce since 1980, he acquired Italian citizenship in 1988.

For example, the family might lose Italian citizenship if the husband naturalised in a foreign state.

The children concerned could keep their Italian citizenship even if they received a new one by derivation from the mother when the remarriage occurred.

The mother must have been holding Italian citizenship when the child was born for the transmission to occur as a consequence of this rule.

Toward the end he writes of arranging to take Italian citizenship.

There are also certain provisions that bar an alien from attaining Italian citizenship upon marriage.

After appealing unsuccessfully, she decided not to apply for it again, and retained her Italian citizenship.