Citizenship, to have or have not, that is the tough question

The current public debate regarding legalizing aspects of dual citizenship has generated passionate advocacy of many pro and con positions involved.

Estonia's public narrative involves the government's intention of making the constitution and the current citizenship law compatible. They are currently in contradiction. Simply put, the law states that dual citizenship is not allowed. But those who have citizenship from birth cannot have it revoked due to a constitutional guarantee that citizenship cannot be taken away. This widely held principle determines that constitutions have precedence over law instituted by parliament. The Citizenship Act currently states that those who also hold citizenship by birth in a second country have to give up one of them upon turning 18.