It caused a lot of controversy between the locals of the two countries mainly due to the anger that rose in some of the citizens of Italy and those in Argentina who seem to have fallen into something that seems to be misunderstood after the Italian Government granted citizenship to the President of Argentina , Javier Milei, who already has origins in this country.

President Javier Milei of Argentina is in Italy, during his visit he met with the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.

After their talks, they attended a pre-Christmas party organized by the Fratelli d’Italia party, which took place on Saturday, December 14, 2024.

During this event, the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni officially granted Italian citizenship to Argentine President Javier Milei, who already has a special relationship with this country.

In his speech after receiving Italian citizenship, President Milei said: “Argentinians and Italians, we are united in one family and have deep ties.”

President Javier Milei also insisted that he has the blood of this country.

He said, “75% of my blood is from this country because that’s where my grandparents come from. When I’m here I feel like I’m with my family”.

Although this was appreciated by President Milei and put another brick on the relationship between the two countries, it was not appreciated by some Italian people who say that he does not deserve to be granted citizenship as reported by 7sur7.

Some, through messages posted on social media, said that it is sad that there are people who immigrated to Italy long ago and gave birth to children who were deprived of their citizenship, yet another person from another country is easily given it for political reasons.

This raised the debate between Italians and Argentines, where some said that President Javier Milei did not deserve to be granted Italian citizenship, while others said that he deserved it since his family was born there.