"During a debate in the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in June Dobrindt applauded the migrants who were striving for German citizenship. "Of course, naturalization is a significant factor for the cohesion in a country," he said in a speech. But then Dobrindt condemned turbonaturalization as the wrong incentive and said it was a pull factor for more immigration. "It created the impression that the German passport was on offer in some type of special deal," he said."
""The essence of the previous reform was shortening the waiting time to five years," he said, "and the new coalit"
Before June 2024, foreign citizens faced an eight-year wait for naturalization in Germany. The 2021 coalition reduced the general wait to five years and introduced a three-year fast track for rapidly integrated applicants, while permitting dual citizenship for all applicants. Fast-track applicants had to meet income, German-language, and civic-engagement requirements. The CDU/CSU-led government that took office in May removed the three-year fast track but retained the five-year pathway and continued to allow dual citizenship. The interior minister initiated the amendments and criticized the fast track as a pull factor that conveyed a special-offer impression. A migration researcher expected little substantive change beyond the five-year baseline.
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