German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/224, pp. 28574-28575.
Right
honorable Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen.
Now in deep
night, the Federal government’s submitted draft law considerably widens the way
to German citizenship. In a well meant restitution regulation were incidentally
laid down a few cuckoo’s eggs of the most general legal mollification.
Generally, he
who after eight years wants to be made a citizen must pass a language examination
and a citizenship test. This test is besides a joke. One question reads: “What
is the German constitution called? People’s Law, Federal Law, German Law or Basic
Law?” Yet the next question reads: “What is not in the Basic Law of Germany?” –
Or, “How many occupation zones were there in Germany after the Second World
War?”
Britta Haßelmann (Greens): Not any
of which can probably be answered by you!
One could as
yet shorten the eight years to seven by means of participation in a 100 hour
integration course in German legal order, history, culture.
Britta Haßelmann (Greens): Of which
many of you might make use! I believe, 200 hours!
With submissions
of particular achievements in integration, a somewhat higher language
cognizance, it could be six years. “Particularly good school performances” or “civil
society engagement” already waive the seven or even the six years. No more 100
hour course – for that, there is too little inclination. “Civil society
engagement”, what then is that? Perform refugee assistance with NGOs,
demonstrate against a deportation, perhaps one’s own? Does it get more vague?
And “particular school performances”, what will that become? Success at the
Tramp-in-AG? To not remain seated? – Much is said to no purpose so as to
guarantee: The applicant hears out of all only the Ja.
For the
German test shall suffice hearing and reading at B1 instead of written language
mastery at the B1 level. Writing? Unnecessary. To listen to the news suffices
completely and entirely for the later markings in the voter booths.
Filiz Polat (Greens): Is the core component of the law, restitution in citizenship law, so difficult for you? It is difficult for you because otherwise you would not be making such diversionary speeches. Start quoting there, Herr Curio!
Marianne Schieder (SPD): It is also
difficult for him to do what is human!
Where
possible, nothing more at all is wanted from new citizens. – Thus, the general
goal: To make citizenship as easy as possible.
Does it get
still easier? Yes. Quote:
A foreigner who has his accustomed residence in a foreign country can be made a citizen when ties to Germany exist which justify citizenship.
Earlier, this
pertained only to life partnerships, to avoid double citizenship, to sufficient
knowledge of the language. All of these prerequisites were removed.
Britta Haßelmann (Greens): I believe group-referent inhumanity was named.
From strongly
conditioned special cases to a vague, general opening.
In the German
citizenship office, it is a Black Friday final sale, yet all year.
For whom this
still does not suffice, he may read in the election program of the Greens that
citizenship
Britta Haßelmann (Greens): Nay, you need not read that!
can be
claimed already after five years – according to the law or not – moreover even
with an unclarified identity.
Konstantin Kuhle (FDP): Now it’s coming!
That even
this could still be topped is scarcely imaginable.
Konstantin Kuhle (FDP): Now!
Yet the FDP
instructs us in one more base: An election program reads, citizenship shall be
possible after three years’ residence.
In the fight
for the voters, does anyone here offer less? Citizenship for passing through? A
German right to vote for all Europeans?
Filiz Polat (Greens): That is the present legal situation!
Perhaps even
quotas for climate refugees?
Christian Dürr (FDP): Mein Gott!
Shall we soon
see how Chancellor Baerbock leads her Interior Minister Laschet by the nose
around the circus ring? One will then no longer be free of the spirit summoned
up. So is this.
Marianne Schieder (SPD): Frau President, for what have we deserved this?
Let us
retain: Immigration is no human right. Citizenship is no human right. Conditions
for immigration and citizenship
Alexander Ulrich (Linke): I believe
that really is enough. That’s enough!
are no
discrimination or indeed attacks on human dignity. – Sound self-evident? Just
wait for the green-black love match. Your wildest nightmares will be exceeded.
I thank you.
Christian Dürr (FDP): I am thinking if we are there. I am thinking, we here are the enemy, or what? The worst were nevertheless actually us! I have not understood this! This is just not logical, what he says. What an absurd speaker!
Britta Haßelmann (Greens): That also was enough of group-referent inhumanity!
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