Experts and Federal Chamber demand reform to increase German naturalisation figures
Read a review by Mediendienst Integration on naturalisations in Germany five years after the introduction of the federal naturalisation test (in German language).
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British citizens living abroad will be encouraged to register to vote in 2015 elections
Read the news report in The Independent.
French citizenship to become more accessible.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls continues to work on his promise to return naturalisation to its traditional place as a means for integration into the French Republic. The Minister’s second set of guidelines try to undo the damage done in Read More …
Germany: German Poles to vote in upcoming elections via absentee ballot
Read the news report in Der Spiegel.
Italian government tries to facilitate ius soli-based naturalisation procedure
By EUDO Citizenship Italy country expert Guido Tintori. As reported in a previous news item, it remains difficult to predict whether the fragile broad coalition government led by Mr. Enrico Letta and sustained by the Democratic Party (PD), Mario Monti’s Read More …
EU Commissioner Malmström and Italian Minister Kyenge discuss ius soli
Listen to the interviews on Radio Il Sole 24 Ore.
Government asks ethnic Hungarians with dual citizenship to register for 2014 elections
Read the news report in The Wall Street Journal.
Bahrain: King expands grounds for withdrawal of citizenship
By EUDO-CITIZENSHIP expert Gianluca Parolin. The King of Bahrain, Hamad b. Issa Al Khalifa (1999-present), has expanded the grounds for withdrawal of Bahraini citizenship by Law-Decree on 31 July 2013. The list of grounds for withdrawal in the 1963 Citizenship Read More …
Romanian president wants to become Moldavian citizen after his period in office
Read the news report in Romanian Insider.
Turkey: government to restore citizenship of 1980 coup victims
Read the news report in Today’s Zaman.