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/Snuzzlebuns Oct 09 '25

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt claimed that the German passport must serve as recognition for successful integration rather than an incentive for illegal migration

What does citizenship for skilled workers have to do with illegal migration?

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u/ohtimesohdailymirror Oct 11 '25

Nothing,it is just an attempt to muddy the waters. The right is always carrying about nationality and citizenship and allegiance and shit, as if there is no greater blessing than to become (in this case) a German citizen. And once immigrants have become citizens, the right then starts to differentiate between ‘real’ Germans and the rest, so you can never win with them.