Change in the Nationality Law will benefit thousands of immigrants who have resided in the country for five years or more.
The Constitutional Court (TC) of Portugal considered that the changes to the Nationality Law are not unconstitutional. The country's president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, had sent the text approved by Parliament to the TC for preventive inspection analysis. Sousa feared that the transitional article on granting nationality to Sephardic Jews could “aggravate the situation of Israeli hostages in Gaza” by changing the rule of ongoing processes.
The court understood that it was not and reported that it sent the text “to the President of the Republic to be promulgated as an organic law”.
“(...) decided, by a majority, not to rule on the unconstitutionality of the rules that make up this transitional regime, understanding, in essence, that it does not violate the legitimate expectations of nationality applicants, nor does it directly jeopardize the lives of their recipients or the dignity of the human person”, informed the court.
When asked by media, what the action will be now that the court has given its approval to the Nationality Law, the Presidency of the Republic has not yet responded.