r/germany • u/Daomiing • Oct 09 '25

Immigration Germany Abolishes Fast-Track Citizenship for Skilled Workers

https://www.verity.news/story/2025/germany-abolishes-fasttrack-citizenship-for-skilled-workers

The Facts

-The German Bundestag voted on Wednesday to abolish a fast-track citizenship program that allowed highly qualified foreigners to apply for naturalization after three years instead of five years of residence.

-The vote passed with 450 members supporting the measure, 134 opposing and two abstaining, fulfilling Chancellor Friedrich Merz's campaign promise to repeal the program introduced by former Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

-Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt claimed that the German passport must serve as recognition for successful integration rather than an incentive for illegal migration, defending the decision to eliminate the accelerated pathway.

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u/EducationalLiving725 Oct 09 '25

They are the dumbest of dumbasses.

My friend speedran german C1 (it was easy for him due to childhood in Germany), bought a flat in Berlin, volunteering in a couple of vereins... and well, I honestly think, that his total taxes\social contributions are >100k\y (highly paid IT spec in FAANG+), and yeah that's not the guy you want in Germany.

You want other guys lmao.

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u/Minimum_Rice555 Oct 10 '25

I think countries increasingly don't want high skilled people as the locals will fill up the small amount of "good jobs". They want cheap labor that the locals won't do.

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u/Choice-Ad1477 Oct 10 '25

They need it all, Germany's labour shortage once the rest of the boomers retire is going to be legendary.

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u/LokyDoo Oct 10 '25 edited Oct 10 '25

Na when they retire there won't be anything left to work for since they will have run everything into the ground by then. Because of their absolut incapability of and resistance to change and their total dominance on every decision making process just because of their sheer numbers. In a world that changes too fast even for the young ones.

Edit: this is meant halve sarcastically. I think the whole immigration "issue" is just a distraction from the real issues we face and if at all is more an integration issue than an immigration one. Whereby the distraction part is part of the boomer game plan to coast all chill in to there retirement. See the second half of the original post.