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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/6db13113705f460f https://verfassungsblog.de/dismantling-jus-soli/ Dismantling Jus Soli - On the decision of the Conseil Constitutionnel n° 2025-881 DC Basilien-Gainche, Marie-Laure eng 2025-05-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Birthright Citizenship Conseil Constitutionnel France Jus Soli Migration Governance Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The principle of jus soli has been progressively dismantled in France through the tightening of conditions governing access to French nationality in Mayotte—the 101st department of the Republic and an archipelago in the Comoros located in the Indian Ocean. This restrictive approach was reinforced by the adoption, on 9 April 2025, of a new legislative measure designed to further limit access to birthright citizenship. The Conseil constitutionnel upheld the constitutionality of the contested provisions in its decision of 7 May 2025.