Democratic Party (PD) Senate Whip
Luigi Zanda said Wednesday that he remained hopeful of passing
the ius soli (law of the soil) bill on citizenship for the
children of migrants born in Italy.
The fact that a schedule for the Upper House agreed on
Tuesday featured the ius soli bill at the bottom was seen by
some as a sign the legislation had little chance of being
approved before the end of the current parliament, with Italy
set to have a general election early in 2018.
Another flagship progressive bill, on living wills, was put
at the fore of the schedule.
"I remain convinced that the calendar set yesterday by the
conference of whips can be entirely respected before the
Christmas break, starting with the end-of-life bill and
including the ius soli" Zanda said.
"If this does not occur, I'll have to call for another
meeting of the conference of whips to change the calendar".
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