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European citizenship checker
A Folha has launched an interactive tool that lets readers check whether they have the right to apply for citizenship in six European countries: Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
The tool guides readers through the main legal pathways to European citizenship by asking objective questions.
It then indicates whether the reader is entitled to apply.
The article says it is not necessary to know the rules in advance, only one's own individual situation.
European citizenship routes and rules
The article explains that rules for obtaining European citizenship vary by country and by pathway.
It lists common routes such as applying after a few years of living in the country, through marriage, or by descent from someone who already holds the nationality.
It states that each pathway and each country have different specific requirements determined by national laws.
Citizenship law changes
The article notes that national citizenship laws have undergone more or less restrictive updates in recent years.
It reports that at the end of May Parliament approved a decree that limited Italian citizenship for descendants born abroad.
The article says the current government initiated the measure.
The new law, already in force, restricts transmission and recognition of citizenship by right of blood for those born outside Italy to two generations.
The article also says that in Portugal changes to the Foreigners Law and the Nationality Law may occur soon.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoed an anti-immigration bill approved by Parliament and the bill will return to the legislature for further consideration.
The article states that restrictions on obtaining citizenship may be approved 'later this month' but does not specify which month.