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Business Standard
28-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Germany to introduce legislation to abolish fast-track path to citizenship
The cabinet is expected on Wednesday to approve a bill put forth by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt to get rid of expedited citizenship Bloomberg Germany plans to introduce legislation to abolish a fast-track option that allows well-integrated migrants to naturalize after three years in the country. The move is part of a wider effort by new conservative leader Friedrich Merz to make Europe's largest economy less attractive to foreigners. The cabinet is expected on Wednesday to approve a bill put forth by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt to get rid of expedited citizenship, a measure introduced under former Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to facilitate integration and ease massive labor shortages. Under existing policy, residents can apply for naturalisation after three years in Germany so long as they have achieved fluency in German and can show outstanding educational or professional accomplishments. Otherwise, permanent residents can apply for German citizenship after five years if they meet certain requirements involving language skills and knowledge of German history. Dobrindt, a senior member of the Bavarian CSU, the sister party to Merz's CDU, said that three years was too little time to be able to 'integrate into the living conditions' in Germany. Dobrindt also voiced hope that the change in legislation would reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Germany. Accelerated naturalization created 'false incentives' the minister said, adding, 'we are reducing these pull factors.' Given the lack of skilled workers across all sectors of the economy, business groups have for years called on the government to make Germany more attractive to foreign skilled workers and to lower the hurdles to employing them. Senior politicians from Merz's CDU and its co-governing party, the Social Democrats, plan to meet in the chancellery on Wednesday to discuss future legislation and key projects. Among the measures on the agenda are the introduction of lower energy prices for industrial companies and rolling out special tax depreciation options for companies that invest in Germany. Both measures were included in the coalition agreement signed earlier this month.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Germany prepares to abolish its fast-track path to Citizenship
Germany plans to abolish a fast-track naturalization option that allows well-integrated migrants to gain citizenship after just three years. This policy change, led by conservative leader Friedrich Merz and proposed by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, aims to make Germany less attractive to migrants. Dobrindt argues that citizenship should follow, not precede, full integration. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Popular in NRI 1. Italy changes citizenship rules for people with Nation's ancestral roots Germany plans to introduce legislation to abolish a fast-track option that allows well-integrated migrants to naturalize after three years in the country. The move is part of a wider effort by new conservative leader Friedrich Merz to make Europe's largest economy less attractive to cabinet is expected on Wednesday to approve a bill put forth by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt to get rid of expedited citizenship, a measure introduced under former Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to facilitate integration and ease massive labor shortages.'Express naturalization after three years of residency was a mistake. We are putting an end to it now,' Dobrindt told the Bild tabloid. 'German citizenship must come at the end of an integration process and not at the beginning.'Under existing policy, residents can apply for naturalization after three years in Germany so long as they have achieved fluency in German and can show outstanding educational or professional accomplishments. Otherwise, permanent residents can apply for German citizenship after five years if they meet certain requirements involving language skills and knowledge of German a senior member of the Bavarian CSU, the sister party to Merz's CDU, said that three years was too little time to be able to 'integrate into the living conditions' in also voiced hope that the change in legislation would reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to Germany. Accelerated naturalization created 'false incentives' the minister said, adding, 'we are reducing these pull factors.'Given the lack of skilled workers across all sectors of the economy, business groups have for years called on the government to make Germany more attractive to foreign skilled workers and to lower the hurdles to employing politicians from Merz's CDU and its co-governing party, the Social Democrats, plan to meet in the chancellery on Wednesday to discuss future legislation and key the measures on the agenda are the introduction of lower energy prices for industrial companies and rolling out special tax depreciation options for companies that invest in Germany. Both measures were included in the coalition agreement signed earlier this month.
Bloomberg
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Merz Seals Coalition Deal With SPD to Secure German Chancellery
Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats reached an agreement to form a ruling coalition, paving the way for Friedrich Merz to become chancellor at a time of acute domestic and geopolitical turmoil. Merz's CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD will announce the deal later on Wednesday in Berlin, according to statement from the Bavarian CSU conservative party. The deal still has to approved by the Social Democrats' members, and the process means Merz will only likely succeed Olaf Scholz as chancellor in the first week of May. CDU/CSU members won't vote on the agreement.
Arab News
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Afghan held after suspected ramming attack injures 28 in Germany
MUNICH: An Afghan asylum seeker was arrested after a suspected car ramming attack injured at least 28 people in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday, police said. The incident comes on the eve of a high-profile international conference in Munich and amid an election campaign in which immigration and security have been key issues after a spate of similar attacks. A passenger car drove into a street demonstration of striking workers from the Verdi trade union near the city center and was then shot at by officers, said the deputy head of Munich police Christian Huber. The driver, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was arrested at the scene, Huber said. Earlier a fire service spokesman told AFP that several of those hurt were 'seriously injured, some of them in a life-threatening condition.' The state premier of Bavaria Markus Soeder told a press conference that the incident was 'just terrible' and that 'it looks like this was an attack.' Soeder's Bavarian CSU party and its national sister party the CDU have demanded tougher curbs on migration after a series of similar attacks which have shocked the country. 'This is not the first incident... we must show determination that something will change in Germany,' Soeder said. 'This is further proof that we can't keep going from attack to attack.' The ground at the scene of the incident was littered with items including glasses, shoes, thermal blankets and a pushchair. Eyewitness Alexa Graef said she was 'shocked' after seeing the car drive into the crowd 'which looked deliberate.' 'I hope it's the last time I see anything like that,' she said. An eyewitness who was among the striking workers told the local BR42 website that he 'saw a person lying under the car' after it drove into the crowd. The president of the Verdi union Frank Werneke said in a statement: 'We are deeply upset and shocked at the awful incident during a peaceful demonstration by our Verdi colleagues.' The incident comes a day before the city is due to host the high-profile Munich Security Conference. US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are among those arriving on Thursday to attend the two-day security meet. The latest suspected attack comes amid an already inflamed debate on immigration after several similar incidents, most recently in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last month. Two people were killed in a knife attack including a two-year-old child. After that attack a 28-year-old Afghan man was arrested whom authorities say has a history of mental illness.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Afghan held after suspected ramming attack injures 28 in Germany
An Afghan asylum seeker was arrested after a suspected car ramming attack injured at least 28 people in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday, police said. The incident comes on the eve of a high-profile international conference in Munich and amid an election campaign in which immigration and security have been key issues after a spate of similar attacks. A passenger car drove into a street demonstration of striking workers from the Verdi trade union near the city centre and was then shot at by officers, said the deputy head of Munich police Christian Huber. The driver, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was arrested at the scene, Huber said. Earlier a fire service spokesman told AFP that several of those hurt were "seriously injured, some of them in a life-threatening condition". The state premier of Bavaria Markus Soeder told a press conference that the incident was "just terrible" and that "it looks like this was an attack". Soeder's Bavarian CSU party and its national sister party the CDU have demanded tougher curbs on migration after a series of similar attacks which have shocked the country. "This is not the first incident... we must show determination that something will change in Germany," Soeder said. "This is further proof that we can't keep going from attack to attack." - Inflamed debate - The ground at the scene of the incident was littered with items including glasses, shoes, thermal blankets and a pushchair. Eyewitness Alexa Graef said she was "shocked" after seeing the car drive into the crowd "which looked deliberate". "I hope it's the last time I see anything like that," she said. An eyewitness who was among the striking workers told the local BR42 website that he "saw a person lying under the car" after it drove into the crowd. The president of the Verdi union Frank Werneke said in a statement: "We are deeply upset and shocked at the awful incident during a peaceful demonstration by our Verdi colleagues." The incident comes a day before the city is due to host the high-profile Munich Security Conference. US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are among those arriving on Thursday to attend the two-day security meet. The latest suspected attack comes amid an already inflamed debate on immigration after several similar incidents, most recently in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg last month. Two people were killed in a knife attack including a two-year-old child. After that attack a 28-year-old Afghan man was arrested whom authorities say has a history of mental illness. In December, six people were killed after a car ploughed into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, also wounding hundreds. A Saudi man was arrested after that attack, with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser saying he also appeared to be mentally disturbed. sea-jsk/fz/jm
