Germany will include questions about Israel and anti-Semitism in its new citizenship test. German Interior Minister emphasizes that “the responsibility” of protecting Jews “is part of the identity’ of the country.
An explicit commitment to Israel's right to exist will be required as a prerequisite for obtaining citizenship, the Interior Ministry confirmed. In Germany, the right to nationality is the responsibility of the federal government, but implementation is seen by each state as a matter for the federal state to decide.