In response to a clarification request from CDS-PP, the Prime Minister emphasized that the intention to revise the nationality law was already part of the electoral program of the AD, aiming for a “more regulated” and “more controlled” immigration policy.
The Government’s proposal will be unveiled “soon” and will encompass “three axes,” which are not exclusive, but which the Prime Minister highlighted as “essential.”
These include “extending the period precisely for the request for nationality by naturalization,” strengthening “the effective connection that candidates must demonstrate, in terms of understanding and integrating our culture, civic, and social habits,” as well as “expanding the situations in which nationality can be revoked due to serious, very serious behaviors, particularly of a criminal nature,” outlined Luís Montenegro.
The parliamentary leader of CDS-PP, Paulo Núncio, argued that the nationality law is “a priority” for the country and that its granting cannot be reduced to a “simple bureaucratic process,” but to “a person who truly has a real connection to Portugal, its culture, traditions, and values.”
Greater control over immigration is one of the main lines of the second government led by Luís Montenegro. In this context, an extension of the minimum period of residence and effective presence in the national territory (currently five years) is foreseen, eliminating the possibility of illegal stay being counted for this purpose.
