http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/facb95c7e3df9abf https://verfassungsblog.de/european-society-at-the-italian-constitutional-court/ European Society at the Italian Constitutional Court - Descendants of Italians Abroad and the Question of Belonging Gentile, Chiara eng 2026-06-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Article 2 TEU Citizenship EU EU citizenship European Society Italy belonging EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In its recent judgment No. 63/2026, the Italian Constitutional Court acknowledged the existence of a European society grounded on the values in Article 2 TEU. The judgment appears to be the first explicit reference by a constitutional court of an EU Member State to the emergence of a European society. Judgment concerned the constitutionality of recent legislation restricting access to Italian citizenship for descendants of Italians abroad. The passage on European society is an obiter dictum. I argue that its real significance lies in the question: Who belongs to European society?