nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/facb95c7e3df9abf DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260624s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/facb95c7e3df9abf doi eng 342 23 Gentile, Chiara Author aut European Society at the Italian Constitutional Court - Descendants of Italians Abroad and the Question of Belonging Gentile, Chiara Verfassungsblog 2026-06-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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? CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 2 TEU Citizenship EU EU citizenship European Society Italy belonging (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/european-society-at-the-italian-constitutional-court/ raw object