The traffic light is struggling for the planned reform of citizenship law, which should make naturalization possible after five years. The FDP is generally willing to support this. But now leading FDP politicians are demanding improvements from Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD). It is just one of many points currently being discussed in the coalition.
Citizenship law reform is actually on the home stretch to the cabinet. In a position paper, the FDP domestic politician Konstantin Kuhle and Stephan Thomae, the parliamentary director of the FDP parliamentary group, report a need for discussion in several places.
There is criticism of Faeser’s proposed plan to pave the way for migrants over the age of 67 to obtain a German passport without a naturalization test and a written German test.
The agreement for easier naturalization of members of the so-called guest worker generation is supported, according to the paper that is available to the Tagesspiegel.
However, an unlimited reduction in the requirement for all older people is rejected, as are exceptions for certain younger migrants.
Subsistence as a requirement for naturalization
In their paper, the domestic politicians also demand that only “those who can earn their own living and take care of their families” should be naturalized.
The FDP politicians want to abolish exceptions, especially in the case of so-called discretionary naturalization, according to which this criterion can be waived.
Worry about the disputed appearance of the traffic light
They would like to allow the double passport, but at the latest in the grandchildren’s generation, people should decide on a passport. “Federal Minister of the Interior Faeser has to make adjustments here,” Thomae told the Tagesspiegel.
The FDP politicians are also in favor of the “wide implementation of naturalization ceremonies” and want to further develop the declaration of loyalty to a “real oath to the Basic Law”.
On Sunday and Monday, the traffic light meets for its cabinet retreat in Meseberg. In addition to questions of content, it should also be about how the contentious coalition wants to work together in the future.
Coalition politicians are quietly expressing concern about the traffic light’s external impact, which is currently the subject of much controversy. “The performance is not helpful for any of the traffic light partners,” says the Greens parliamentary group. A leading SPD man says: “You should use March to clear up the conflicts so that you can work in an orderly manner again.”
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Source: Tagesspiegel
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