The new citizenship law

True to its election promise, the conservative New Democracy-led government is preparing a new citizenship law. It is a politically significant moment. This is the first major bill to be considered by a government in almost three years that does not stem directly from the country’s loan obligations to its creditors. It is, in a sense, the first political sounding of Greece in years. It is also the first test of coalition unity on an issue that deeply divided parties during the May and June 2012 elections. Socialist Pasok stood behind its 2010 immigration law, which for the first time provided for citizenship on the basis of Greek residence rather than descent.
(04.03.2013) EnetEnglish (Editorial by John Psaropoulos)
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