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Alexander Dobrindt at the CSU retreat in Kloster Seeon
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The CSU has reiterated its opposition to the planned new naturalization law.
The draft law, which has been coordinated in the responsible departments of the federal government since Friday, is "not capable of approval," said CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt at the weekend.
"If you carelessly grant citizenship at the beginning, integration efforts are not promoted, you no longer have to make them in the end." FDP and Greens, on the other hand, emphasized the need for reform.
Learning the German language would no longer be necessary if naturalization were to take place quickly, and integration would no longer take place, Dobrindt told the Welt broadcaster.
"Then you have German citizenship, but you live in a parallel society," criticized the CSU politician and reinforced his party's position: "That's not what we imagine as a future model."
In future, anyone who wants to be naturalized in Germany should no longer have to give up their citizenship of their family's country of origin.
This emerges from a draft by the Federal Ministry of the Interior for a new nationality law, which was forwarded to the other federal government departments for approval on Friday.
(Read more about this here.) The CSU immediately voiced sharp criticism of the plans.
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Greens parliamentary secretary Filiz Polat explained: “Germany has long been a country of immigration.” It is therefore “high time” to take this fact into account by reforming the naturalization law.
»People who contribute to our society and pay taxes have a right to participate, to have a say and to vote.«
FDP parliamentary secretary Stephan Thomae told the Augsburger Allgemeine: "In the future, our country will be increasingly dependent on workers from abroad, not least to keep our social security systems stable." Germany must therefore become more attractive to foreign workers.
This included clear offers for rapid integration and naturalization, “because anyone who wants to live and work in our country permanently should be able to get a German passport more quickly”.
The draft law of the Federal Ministry of the Interior also states: "The principle of avoiding multiple nationalities will be abandoned."
It is therefore no longer necessary to give up your previous nationality.
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