Milei, who has three Italian grandparents who emigrated to Argentina in 1926, before he was born, was accorded it on the grounds of \u201cius sanguinis,\u201d or his bloodline, the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n
Milei\u2019s sister and political adviser Karina Milei was also granted Italian citizenship during the visit to Rome, during which the pair attended the political convention of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni\u2019s far-right Brothers of Italy party. <\/p>\n
Milei started the process \u2013 which can last years for most people \u2013 earlier this year, according to Meloni, speaking to Italian media Sunday afternoon on the sidelines of the annual convention, called \u201cAtreju\u201d for a character in the 1984 fantasy film \u201cThe NeverEnding Story.\u201d <\/p>\n
While the Milei siblings qualify to become Italian, the timing puts them within weeks of the introduction of new rules for the process, which will raise the cost of applications and make it even more difficult for children born in Italy to foreign parents to become citizens. <\/p>\n
The new rules stipulate that an Italian citizen who was born in Italy but gave up their Italian citizenship after leaving the country may not automatically transfer citizenship to their descendants. <\/p>\n
It is not clear if Milei\u2019s grandparents retained their Italian citizenship or if they gave it up to become Argentine nationals. <\/p>\n
Riccardo Magi, an opposition parliamentarian who has campaigned for birthright citizenship, criticized the granting of citizenship to the Milei siblings on X, calling it a \u201cslap in the face to girls and boys who were born here or reside permanently and have been waiting for citizenship for years and years, sometimes without any result.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cHave you lived in Italy since you were born? Do you go to schools in the country? Do you speak Italian but are your parents of foreign origin? Citizenship, then, you can dream of,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou have practically never set foot in Italy but your name is Javier Milei, you are a friend of Giorgia Meloni and you discover that you have a distant relative from Calabria called \u2018don Ciccio\u2019? Don\u2019t worry, the government will give it to you.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meloni, on a recent visit to Argentina, expressed solidarity with the conservative leader, with whom she has been working to strengthen ties. <\/p>\n
Milei, who likes to brandish a chainsaw to symbolize budget cuts, gave her an action figure of himself holding the power tool. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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