Changing priorities: Amendments to the German citizenship law in 2024 and the perspectives for 2025
Germany has always been a country of immigration, and the integration of newly arrived people is an ever-present topic, albeit one that fluctuates in intensity. The former German government expressed the view that modernising the Citizenship Law was necessary because approximately 14 per cent of the population (around 12 million people) did not possess a German passport. It is estimated that 5.3 million of these people had been living in Germany for at least ten years, but only a small percentage of those eligible were able to become naturalised. The newly formed government of 2025 has not abandoned the path already initiated but has adapted it to align with its own priorities.

