Fact check: Is Germany really turbo-charging its naturalisation process?

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Fact check: Is Germany really turbo-charging its naturalisation process?   Narratives online have abounded since the summer about how easy it is to naturalise as a German citizen. The Cube unpacks some of these claims.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/18/fact-check-is-germany-really-turbo-charging-its-naturalisation-process  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Is Germany really turbocharging the citizenship process?

00:07A video that recently resurfaced on X shows Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right alternative for Germany,

00:13accusing Berlin's CDU-led government of making it too easy to get German citizenship.

00:30In July, Berlin's Immigration Office announced it wanted to double the number of naturalizations.

00:40It grants, setting a target of 40,000 by the end of 2025.

00:44However, increasing the quota does not necessarily mean the government is rushing the process.

00:49Since January 2024, Berlin's Immigration Office has taken over responsibility for all naturalizations,

00:55a process previously handled by Berlin's 12 districts.

00:59It narrated a backlog of 40,000, which explains the target set by the Immigration Office.

01:04Despite what Alice Weidel claims, there are still strict requirements to be able to claim German citizenship via naturalization.

01:11You need to have lived in Germany for at least five years, pass a naturalization test,

01:15and demonstrate German language proficiency at a B1 level.

01:19Most of the debate around Germany's naturalization process goes back to a decision by the former government

01:24to reform the country's citizenship laws.

01:27In October, the German parliament decided to abolish the three-year fast-track naturalization pathway,

01:32making the so-called turbo-naturalization claimed by Vidal outdated.

01:36During his campaign, Chancellor Friedrich Merz had promised a shift in German migration policy,

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