Italy has rejected an idea
mooted by the new Austrian government of Chancellor Sebastian
Kurz, which is backed by the Heinz-Christian Strache's far right
party, to grant Austrian passports to people living in Trentino
Alto Adige who speak German or Ladin.
"Even if done with the velvet glove of Europeanism, Kurz's
proposal has the chrism of an ethno-nationalist iron fist,"
Foreign Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova said on his
Facebook page.
"To clear citizenship on an ethnic basis would have very
serious effects in a multicultural and open Europe".
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