"The Bundestag voted on Wednesday to get rid of a fast-track citizenship law put in place under the previous government led by center-left Social Democrat (SPD) Olaf Scholz. The vote passed with ease, because the proposal is one of very few from the coalition government to meet the approval of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), the largest opposition party. In total, 450 members of the lower house of parliament voted in favor, 134 opposed, and two abstained."
"Once his center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) had agreed to a coalition agreement with the SPD, however, onlythe fast-track law was left on the chopping block with both the CDU and SPD able to agree to this change. "A German passport should be the end of the integration process, not the beginning," the CDU wrote in its election policy program, despite the law requiring immigrants to prove they are "exceptionally well integrated" before receiving fast-track citizenship."
The Bundestag repealed a fast-track citizenship law introduced under the previous SPD-led government, with 450 votes in favor, 134 opposed, and two abstentions. The repeal passed easily after gaining the approval of the anti-immigration AfD, making it one of few coalition proposals to secure opposition support. Chancellor Friedrich Merz had campaigned to roll back several liberalized citizenship laws, and the CDU and SPD agreed to remove only the fast-track measure in their coalition deal. The July 2024 law had created two new paths to citizenship, allowed immigrants to keep their original passports, cut residency requirements from eight to five years, required a mid-level German language certificate, and asked for proof of adequate income.
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