Javier Milei is proud of his Italian ancestry and has tried to bolster ties with Italy’s conservative prime minister. But his new passport angered critics of Italy’s rules on citizenship.

Italy's government has granted citizenship to Argentina's President Javier Milei on account of his Italian family roots, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, confirming earlier media reports.

Giorgia Meloni’s government has conferred Italian citizenship on Javier Milei in a sign of the growing rapport between the two hard-Right leaders.

Italy has bestowed Italian citizenship on Argentine President Javier Milei. Milei is eligible for citizenship because of his Italian ancestors, but the news sparked a furor among opposition politicians campaigning for the process to be eased for children born in Italy to migrant parents.