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The traffic light coalition has decided on a reform regarding naturalizations.
The Turkish community is already warning of the consequences.
Berlin - Multiple citizenships are becoming the norm and the path to a German passport is becoming shorter.
This is how the traffic light coalition's reform of citizenship law can be summarized in simple terms.
But criticism of the new regulations is not only coming from the opposition.
The Turkish community is also already warning.
With the reform of citizenship law, the Turkish community in Germany expects 50,000 applications for naturalization from citizens of Turkish origin this year and in subsequent years.
“And I assume that in the long term all 1.5 million citizens of Turkish origin in Germany who do not yet have German citizenship will acquire dual citizenship,” said the chairman of the community, Gökay Sofuoglu, to the editorial network Germany (RND).
Traffic light naturalization reform: Turkish community sees problems for authorities
“As word spreads about what the new law says, the number of applications for naturalization will continue to increase,” Sofuoglu said.
“Many will notice that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.” However, the chairman of the Turkish community believes that the German authorities will have difficulties processing the applications.
“You’re already overwhelmed.”
The traffic light coalition has decided on a reform of citizenship law in the Bundestag.
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The Bundestag decided on the reform of citizenship law on Friday in Berlin.
Of the 639 votes cast, 382 were in favor and 234 were against, with 23 abstentions.
The traffic light factions SPD, Greens and FDP largely voted for it in the final vote, while the CDU/CSU and AfD voted against it.
The picture was mixed among the non-attached MPs, most of whom belong to the Left or the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance.
Traffic light reform for naturalization: Strong criticism from the opposition
In the future, naturalization will be possible after just five years instead of the current eight, and even after three years for “special integration achievements” - this could be particularly good performance at school or work or civic engagement.
The head of the CSU MPs in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, condemned this harshly: “Citizenship must be at the end of a successful integration process and not at the beginning.
Express naturalization with low requirements does not promote integration, but makes it more difficult.” AfD MP Christian Wirth explained: “The proud citizenship should be sold off.”
SPD MP Gülistan Yüksel, however, emphasized that the more than ten million people who lived here without German citizenship were needed: “More than half of them have been living in Germany for over a decade.
They contribute to our prosperity.
You work and pay taxes.
They are committed and are part of our civil society.
They are our neighbors and friends.”
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The prerequisite for naturalization remains a commitment to the free, democratic basic order.
In the future, the commitment will be added to “Germany’s special historical responsibility for the unjust National Socialist rule and its consequences, in particular for the protection of Jewish life, as well as for the peaceful coexistence of peoples and the prohibition of waging a war of aggression.”
The authorities should ensure that these confessions are meant seriously.
If there are later indications that this was not the case, citizenship can be taken back within ten years.
(rist/dpa)