I have a question about Naturalization in Germany.

Is it true that Germany will soon modify the law about Naturalization and skilled immigrants can get the german passport after 5 years instead of 8 years?

Article: [https://www.dw.com/en/germany-post-merkel-government-set-to-ease-migration-citizenship-rules/a-59935900](https://www.dw.com/en/germany-post-merkel-government-set-to-ease-migration-citizenship-rules/a-59935900)

2 comments

  1. “Will” is too strong a word. The three parties who will form the next government have agreed *in principle* to amend the law. However, the details still have to be worked out, and it’s anyone’s guess when the government will get around to tackling this issue (given the far more pressing issues which require their immediate attention).

    My crystal ball says: we’ll get *some* kind of reform to the citizenship laws sometime in the next 2-3 years. The reform will bear *some* resemblance to what was agreed in the coalition agreement, but details matter, and those still have to be hammered out.

  2. I think we need a sticky with the title “The Coalition Agreement Is Not A Bill”.

    So far, all that’s happened is that three parties have agreed to try to form a government together, and published a document outlining their objectives — the things they hope to achieve in the next four years.

    Now they have to get this document ratified by their respective party memberships. This is normally a formality, but already the parties have started arguing with each other, and grassroots Green party members are not very happy about the FDP getting the transport ministry, so there is a small possibility that the coalition will collapse before it even takes office. That’s very unlikely, but not impossible.

    After that, the Bundestag has to elect Scholz has chancellor, which should be no problem, and *then* the new government can be appointed.

    That done, the required legislation has to be written. Then it has to go through the usual process of debates, committees and votes. If it survives that process, it goes to the Bundesrat, and a bill of this kind will certainly need the Bundesrat’s approval as well, meaning another round of debates, committees and votes.

    So it’s too early to say that Germany will soon change the law. The truthful answer is: this is what the parties who hope to be able to form a governing coalition have agreed they want to try to do.

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