New German government to abolish 3-year citizenship path – DW – 04/10/2025
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The incoming coalition of Conservatives and Social Democrats wants to end a fast-track path to citizenship. Dual citizenship will remain.

Summary

Germany’s incoming coalition government, led by the CDU/CSU and SPD, will abolish the 3-year expedited citizenship path for “well-integrated” immigrants, introduced in 2023.

Critics labeled the policy “turbo” naturalization and argued three years was too short.

The standard 5-year path with B1-level German remains, and dual citizenship will continue to be allowed.

The coalition dropped proposals to revoke citizenship from dual nationals deemed extremists, opting instead to focus on expulsion measures for non-citizens who threaten democratic order.

  • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    It might certainly be a factor, though: German citizenship is very “valuable” in the sense that it opens a lot of possibilities for travelling. A lot of countries (and we are not just talking EU member states here) do not require as much paperwork or none at all if you own a German passport compared to a US one.