German Citizenship - How much is it worth? | People & Politics

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The number of people with foreign roots who apply for German citizenship has decreased steadily in recent years. Now Hamburg's mayor Olaf Scholz wants to reverse that tend. He is encouraging people in the northern German port city to become German citizens. The Bavarian CSU is opposed to the idea, saying German citizenship is something to be valued.

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@1yoiyoi 9 лет назад

I think if you want to move to a country for citizenship you should integrate with the culture of that country.

@1yoiyoi 9 лет назад

ConfrontationalRealist What does that have to do with my comment?

@enjoyingmyvodka1013 6 лет назад

1yoiyoi agreed and try to learn the language and if your going to study study not just find ways to get benefits and that’s it

@asianguy86 6 лет назад

1yoiyoi if illegal immigrants are stopped they would benefit legal migrants

@BulletProofSoul11 6 лет назад

1yoiyoi I totally agree with you. Moving to another county should be that you learn, live and enjoy that culture...... after all, we ourselves decided to move away from our country. I am a people person but it must be more effort on the one coming abroad to honor thaw country they chose to live in other than there’s!

@criscross7362 6 лет назад

People don't move to other countries due to citizenship, they move because they want to better themselves. Immigrants have the responsibility to integrate to their new society, however. On the other hand, they can also preserve their own culture at home.

@inotaishu1 11 лет назад

Only in the case of being an ethnic German, German Citizenship is another thing.

@rudydomkowsky7313 5 лет назад

A German Passport does not make anybody a German ,a German Citizen yes but not a German...Everybody wants to be German Citizen for the Convinients and all the free money the can get......

@islam1465 4 года назад

No its an ugky language senseless as well i'll only learn german language if germans would be willing to learn islam

@mrpeel3239 4 года назад

These newly minted citizens speak German, passed Citizenship tests, obey the laws and pay their taxes. What else does the CSU want?!

@lsfilgueiras 2 года назад

To enjoy a Schnitzel and a Beer.

@warrior100girl 2 года назад

No wearing hijabs. CSU can be quite racist

@Kuchenmann13YT Год назад

@@warrior100girl you are wrong The CDU/CSU is only against Burqa and Niqab, they are fine with Hijabs

@Heidelbergensis2011 9 лет назад

German means to be from german origin. Nobody without german ancestors can become german. But you can become a citizen of the federal republic of germany. Remember, there are millions of germans in Austria and Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. They dont have the citizenship of the so called Germany. Its a metter of definition, Germany is where germans live, so the BRD/FRG is only one part of this big area.

@laeequenadvi4746 2 года назад

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@yasser7139 2 года назад

Olaf Scholz is now the Chancellor 😆😆😆

@ianng4633 8 лет назад

Am I the only Brit frantically looking for a way back to the continent here?

@DJSaM2K10 8 лет назад

lmao same

@ianng4633 8 лет назад

So we need a war in Britain, Nicola Sturgeon is on the case as we speak

@neezduts69420 8 лет назад

just hope that I can take the test before Britain leaves when I move over to Germany

@skiamakhos8968 8 лет назад

Yup, I'm about ready to flee the UK as it slides off the continental shelf into obscurity & backwater status. But also, Germany - fuck yeah! Best country in Europe. I love Hamburg, particularly!

@ziggymorris8760 8 лет назад

I hope you speak German, because that is a requirement.

@j.c.serranosanchez3190 9 лет назад

Ich war in Deutschland 17 Jahre Ich hätte Deutscher werden können, aber mein Herz wäre Spanisch geblieben. So Ich blieb Spanier

@fcdemeter 9 лет назад

Jose Carlos Serrano Sanchez Yeah right, as a member of the European Union doesn't really matter, does it? This is for people who have to renounce their nationalities, like the guy from Ghana. He will never be African again and he will live thousand of kilometres from the place he was born and raised, not a couple of train conexions away.

@andrerothweiler9191 6 лет назад

nun naja, bin Ukrainer aber hab einen Schweizer Pass. War happy als ich den roten Pass bekam. Ukrainischer Pass ist nicht besonders gut.

@johanngiesbrecht3162 4 года назад

Deine Kinder wollen Deutsche sein oder Spanier?

@KOGR11 11 лет назад

Yes and no. Depends on what is the take of the culture present in the country about immigrant cultures. In the USA you can say that since its called the "melting pot" where you can label people with rediculous notions like "unamerican" behaviour. In countries like Canada the concept is more of mosaic, immigrants are expected to know the languages but culturally they are encouraged to retain their own. Germany is between this two stances. You should study more before making absolute statements.

@magster4258 11 лет назад

I dont think giving foreigners citizeship is a good idea at all.

@miarose9707 3 года назад

If they meet the requirements why not? If they have been living and paying taxes for years in Germany they should have the right to apply for citizenship

@haloborn6785 3 года назад

this comment did not age well

@rossmarquez6019 4 года назад

so the CSU party had other requirements other than the ones stated by the reporter? what are those i wonder?

@mikestack378 7 лет назад

When will Bayern integrate into german society?

@12tanuha21 7 лет назад

already integrated. But north germany should hurry up to integrate as well to the true south germany live style..

@indrinita 6 лет назад

I don't understand the CSU position at all - it doesn't make sense that someone would think that people who have lived in Germany for years, have jobs, obviously speak the language and can pass a citizenship test are somehow devaluing the German passport by becoming citizens. I mean, isn't that exactly the type of person you'd want to have as citizens? Productive, gainfully employed people who are a part of society already?! How is it 'handing out' citizenship when you have to prove you deserve to be a citizen?!

@kawazaki23 11 лет назад

i m already in that mood i have not yet chance to fully live in germany i m dutch and i also have lived in germany 4 eight years i love germany everybody loves germany its the most quality country in europa i m getting my german passport and i m also move there permanntly

@conniepanagakis5509 3 года назад

You don’t need a German passport to live in Germany permanently

@hansdampf3468 8 лет назад

well, just another way to get votes for the next mayoral election.

@incorrect5083 8 лет назад

+Hans Dampf No shit , the germanic caliphate grows !!!!!!!1

@truthseeker000000 7 лет назад

Of course these immigrants especially from Afghanistan, Pakistan and most of Africa, including that Ghanaian man would up at the opportunity to take German citizenship. They would have gone from having one of the most restricted passports in the world to one of the best, if not the best passports. Germany like many countries in Europe have gone from being largely homogenous in ethnicity, culture, language and religion to multi-cultural. For what??? And I thought Germans were smart...

@danielgerber8452 3 года назад

Igitt, Olaf Scholz.

@honantong 9 лет назад

Well, there are a lot of Germans who emigrated and immigrated to other countries as well. right? like US, Chile, Brazil, Colombia.

@kahzee 8 лет назад

+Hong An that was a long time ago ...because of reasons :D

@davidvoigt4575 8 лет назад

Reasons: to escape poverty and war; the same reason immigrates are going to Europe nowadays.

@samuellichtspiel9637 8 лет назад

Europeans didn't left europe because of poverty. They went out to conquer.

@indrinita 6 лет назад

get real. Most were poor, destitute actually. Nowadays they don't allow just any immigrant into my country (Canada). Only the well educated middle class is allowed in. All the whites who came before had nothing, including no education, many were on the verge of starving, many were refugees.

@sigsauerkatana6513 11 лет назад

U.S.A,if you are a legally resident and live for five years then you are eligible to apply for AMERICAN citizen and the process take about 6 months to 8 months though,if you are a permanent resident then your green card still valid for 10 years then renew it.

@zhammmy 12 лет назад

Yeah some of us Chinese who immigrated to the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc..(You got the idea)lived there a few years, got the passport from their new Country, then moved right back to where they originally came from! What a bunch of sh_theads! In my opinion, these opportunists' passports should be revoked!

@trippy2johno280 9 лет назад

Turn your fucking TV's off Germany, drop any mindless materialism & focus on the problem of immigration, We have to tolerate the same shit here in the UK & enough is enough.....immigration has to stop before Europe explodes with racial tension

@hansmeyer7225 9 лет назад

Geh Scheißn!!

@hansmeyer7225 9 лет назад

Wie alt bist du zwölf? Wenig bis keine Bildung Niemand hat Dich lieb. Papa säuft, kein Arbeit. Mutter säuft kein Arbeit. Bruder steckt in einer ABM trägt ne Glatze usw usw usw... Man was für ein Scheiß leben...

@hansmeyer7225 9 лет назад

***** Die Zeit für vollständige Sätze nehm ich mir...

@hansmeyer7225 9 лет назад

Is ma wurscht wos Du bist. Aber fast schon ein ganzer Satz.

@zackfarnsworth5702 9 лет назад

The problem with taking German citizenship is that you have to give up your other citizenship(s). Germany does allow dual nationality, but only in cases where it's someone who was born a dual citizen or is one by no choice of their own. While I'm not one of those delusional people that think US citizenship is something you'd have to be a moron to give up, I'd still have a hard time doing it because all my family and friends are in the US.

@PodcastCentral333 3 года назад

I am a dual citizen German

@Mojo1982 9 лет назад

This man contradicts himself 02:20 to 02:27 and 04:45 to 05:10 First segment he says people who try to integrate should not become citizens, then in the second segment he says people should integrate before becoming citizens. The rules for becoming a German citizen are far tougher than becoming a US citizen, in the US you only have to live in the US for 5 years whereas in Germany its 8 years!

@RUHRGBEAT446 10 лет назад

yes bavarians ... they live in their own world. they think only bavaria is a nice place on earth. ^^

@susefink6099 4 года назад

You shouldn't say that about all bavarians,some might even think differently

@IshaanMenon 3 года назад

watching this after the SPD led by Scholz won a plurality in the general elections

@B.K.7.7.7 6 лет назад

Good for him. He has what it takes to be a Mayer.

@rcm926 2 года назад

Wow, that Mayor of Hamburg seems nice, I hope he goes far in life

@danitrujillo3610 2 года назад

13 years later, he's the Kanzler of Germany! insane! :´)

@bighands69 11 лет назад

Germany has unemployed that could be filled and allowing large numbers of unskilled worker in just as every country in EU has done does not help the unemployed. Immigrants when in large numbers eat into the economy and take jobs and wealth from people in that economy. Do not say this is not the case. We are not talking about Phd or entrepreneurs being immigrants in Germany It is an unskilled work force we are talking about.

@KOGR11 11 лет назад

Laws and cultural norms are two different things. In ANY land, law precedes cultural norms. So no female circumcision is not something that would be accepted because that is against the law. About sharia law, thats replacing a whole judicial system, that simply wont happen. And if the sikh and jewish communities were insulted by islamic activity why were they not insulted by nativity? May be those cultural groups need to figure that out among themselves.

@mikaelaw9983 10 лет назад

Real Germans barely sing their national anthem except in football matches, even that not all of them would sing it. Let alone, immigrants.

@vicky881931 10 лет назад

People should start immigrating to somalia....!!!

@rudydomkowsky7313 5 лет назад

Yes the Western Country should take over the Arab countrys ,even by Arms if it needs to be....

@kuluu-ss1no 5 лет назад

@@rudydomkowsky7313 you all crazy

@ahmedabdullahi9387 5 лет назад

Lol

@ottomeyer6928 4 года назад

you first.Du zuerst.

@Henry-Bukenya 4 года назад

But does Germany really need immigrants?????

@1adhamashraf 12 лет назад

i was born in germany, i wish it was enough for acquiring the german citizenship (like in the u.s.a)

@miarose9707 3 года назад

No, in most of European countries you adquiere the nationality of your parents, no the one of the country you were born in. But you can apply for citizenship at 18, I think

@islam1465 4 года назад

I've a question does germans even smile ever in their life time

@reconnaisancesapper 9 лет назад

How much is it worth????? Fuck all. I could get it but they couldn't pay me to take German nationality.

@benjaminalexander8836 4 месяца назад

Ich bin aus Indien und ich habe gelernt deutsch sprache für zwei jahr, aber ich spricht nicht im deutsch für letzet 6 jahr. My german isn't very good but I love the German language. I only wish to visit Germany frequently 🇩🇪 rather than becoming German, honestly.

@xxwzaebd 11 лет назад

The US became absolute leader in knowledge industries in that way.

@lostinamerica9813 7 лет назад

if my great great grandparents are from Germany can I get citizenship in Germany? I am from the state's. my great great grandparents on my dad's side come from Spain, I would love to trade my u.s. citizenship for my ancestors, where we originated from. is it easy to do or inevitable? I do not have proof but can get busy asking for it from my parents.

@dwnews 7 лет назад

I think the chances are fairly slim. One of your parents will normally have to have been a German citizen at the time of your birth. Maybe you'll find more information on the site of the German Foreign Office (www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/FAQ/Staatsangehoerigkeit/02-Vorfahren.html?nn=479790) or you might want to contact one of the German consulates in the US (www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/Suche.html). / ph

@rey6708 6 лет назад

Only if they fleed to the states

@conniepanagakis5509 3 года назад

You can move from the land of the free to the land of control

@guitarfreakirl 8 лет назад

I was watching another video about German women who prefer to stay at home and raise their children rather than go out into the workforce. They actually look down on working mothers as irresponsible. All well and good but these devoted mothers still only have one or two children on average, about the same as working mums in other countries or even less. So basically they've got the best of both worlds, stay at home with few children to raise. My point is that rather than complaining about how the population needs to be increased through immigration, why aren't these German stay at home mothers having more German children. Then there wouldn't be such a shortage in the workforce. I would have thought that this culture of stay at home mums would be the solution to the population decline.

@kamyll 8 лет назад

+guitarfreakirl The opposite is true. Enough options to integrate work and family business leads to higher birth rates. Please compare countries like France, Sweden ... with conservative countries, like Germany, Italy, Japan ... And by the way: women always worked hard in the history of mankind. Even if they have had 5 children in average. The idea that men have to provide both the children and the women is quite new and comes up with the industrial revolution. Stay-at-home mums like today did not exist, because the work was exactly at home, in the garden and the fields, in the stables... Think about it. And don't mix up the economic status and role with the legal or social status.

@guitarfreakirl 8 лет назад

+kamy3545 I am not against working mums at all I was just making the rather obvious point that Germany can promote higher birth rates given that they have such a high portion of mums not working. Why should immigration be the first option to increase populations. Surely more births at home should come first. If that comes across as sexist I'm sorry, it's not meant to be.

@benoni5104 8 лет назад

+guitarfreakirl Dnw it doesnt come across as sexist at all. It merely shows how you view the world and how racist u are. First of all every woman in germany IS and SHOULD be allowed to decide for herself if she wants to have children or not. Secondly sugesting that we wouldn´t have to rely on imigration if german women would "produce" enough children shows clearly that you consider imigratrion as a weakness/problem.

@guitarfreakirl 8 лет назад

Ben Oni Immigration should always be the second option after natural population growth and thus implemented only when necessary. And if stay-at-home German mothers can take the view that working mothers are irresponsible then I can take the view that they're just looking for a comfortable life with few children. Of course you can't force women to have more children, all you can do is point out that the few that they produce makes for unsustainable population ageing.

@Teutoburg09 8 лет назад

Lionheart, I agree with you. It's not racist to not want a culture to be destroyed. It's racist to not care. I think most non-Germans are disappointed to see one of the world's unique and interesting cultures self destruct.

@TheDistortion93 8 лет назад

K. As a "half" second generation immigrant, and social worker in the current refugee crisis, I feel like giving a statement: I can definitely see where the Bavarians are coming from. Without wanting to diminish any ones reputation, or even insult them, the sad state of facts is, that quite a lot of immigrants in general come to germany because we have a high amount of freedom coupled with a low amount of duties. While there are many people who want to learn, do well and be successful, there are sadly just as many people who think that getting 1.6k per month for four children (1.6k is also the upper end of wages you can earn without having an apprenticeship/ or a bachelors degree etc) without having to work is more than ok. And it's this part of people who kinda spoil it for everyone. Just today I read a news article, suggesting to change the "rules" for getting state benefits. These include making people eligible for getting money from the state for being jobless, requires them to have had a job for at least 5 years prior to them becoming jobless. And while I really like the general idea, the problems and issues are more than glaringly obvious. The whole thing is a pretty difficult to navigate cluster-fuck, but I think being to nice and generous never helps(I#m not saying the Hamburg guy is too generous, I really can't judge that, all I wanna say is that every step of any direction in this situation needs compulsively careful planning.)

@blueberry7keys Год назад

Thank you, this seems like a well balanced answer

@millicentouma2324 3 года назад

Now the laws have Change,B1 CERTIFICATE ,EINBÜRGERUNGTEST, ZUORIETIERUNG TEST, CV ,3MONATE LOHNABRECHNUNG....KEIN SOZIAL HILFE.

@paulmaseratimaserati3280 7 лет назад

Never been to Europe&Alex Dobrindt stated it perfectly as a model policy for the US. Too🌵🎅🌵👍

@deenb6744 6 лет назад

What Benefit does it give personality? Does it give any longer life? Does it give free ticket when travel or do they give money?

@miarose9707 3 года назад

They can vote (hahaha)

@NoName-ml3kt 3 года назад

Olaf Schulz just bought a whole lot of votes 😂

@thefetishchannel1460 3 года назад

So its all about the vote bank ?

@freifallspoiler 11 лет назад

Friends, don't take these Bavarians too seriously! ;) Welcome to Germany!

@sahand5277 10 лет назад

are you german aswell?

@freifallspoiler 10 лет назад

Sahand Omid Yes, I am.

@sahand5277 10 лет назад

das ist gut, Ich liebe Deutschland :D

@theamici 7 лет назад

hah, Bavarians, I remember studying German in Bavaria and the german ppl I met there were so stiff, cold-minded and old-fashioned I ran home in despair after only 2,5 month out of 4,5 scheduled. I think I should've gone to Berlin instead. Folk festivals and such ain't enough consolation.

@043mehdi 7 лет назад

you chose wrong state. Hannover or NRW is the best for new comers.

@vithalkale3083 3 года назад

From Mumbai India, Thane Maharashtra

@LoverOFhopeANDcompassion 3 года назад

germans in namibia been there over 100 years speak german look down on the natives so much for integration melting pot of europeans in south africa what local languages have they learned Hmm you guessed it ZERO

@andrekoniger3020 3 года назад

So I guess the government of Namibia should do something about it, but as most African governments it is probably corrupt.

@cocacraesh 6 лет назад

what the fuck even is this comment section

@lr2ldn 7 лет назад

I value my American passport more than I would any other country.

@compoturn1029 4 года назад

Well good for you! Please stay there.

@AZ-rg3rf Год назад

@@compoturn1029 😂😂😂

@evairpachelbel2383 6 лет назад

The quality of life in Germany is high But it pays off. Germany is one of the best country to live in the world.

@sylviasimpson7076 6 лет назад

+ Ivo. lol - 3rd world sh*thole soon.

@evairpachelbel2383 6 лет назад

Sylvia Simpson i respect your feedback but Germany is a huge economy. Germany is the economy number ONE in the EU. If the German economy breaks all world break as well.

@magster4258 11 лет назад

I guess your right then. but still just allowing foreigners in without any control would cause a shit lowed of problems

@n9oqu 6 лет назад

How is that "Cosmopolitan Diversity" working for Sweden, Germany, England , France, Belgium and Austria? The political parties who opened their borders are losing in all the latest elections. Which tells me that each of these Governments were not listening to their constituents.

@BluEyedVon 5 лет назад

More Somalians were needed for this video !

@libanhaji1356 5 лет назад

To do what?

@CyberTribalism 11 лет назад

Its not something someone can decide.. that's the whole point.For me personally not only people with blue eyes and blond hair are 'German'. And we're all humans in the first place.. but good boundaries make good friends.

@bighands69 11 лет назад

"encouraged to retain their own" This is a fallacy and anybody who moves to another country should adapt to the culture of that country. That is one of the reasons multiculturalism has failed it is trying to form a multicultural society when in fact it should be a singular concept of culture.

@CyberTribalism 12 лет назад

You can't 'become' German.. its something you are, or not..

@ahmedhassani4308 9 лет назад

A sign of world peace I wonder?! A lot to say.

@ahmedhassani4308 8 лет назад

In Correct A one hundred lashes must be descended on thee, because you terribly suck at trolling, nothing else!!! :p Oh come on man, that's a cleshay now. Only if you knew how many times I have read that. such rubbish. "suicide bomb" [suicide bomber] you say. nah, no, that Merica doctrine stuff to be a "suicide bomber" I do not accept due to the fact it violates Islamic law I follow, strictly forbidden in Islam. And I quote: "O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful. And whoever does that in aggression and injustice - then We will drive him into a Fire. And that, for Allah , is [always] easy." - Noble Quran 4:29 to 4:30. listen you frack, you owe me a good satirical joke, it must be so funny that Bill Maher starts to crying out loud for "Allahu Akbar"! You've one more chance butt ugly, and I want it by today. w8ing. 凸(¬‿¬)凸 Peace. XD

@ahmedhassani4308 8 лет назад

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@incorrect5083 8 лет назад

Ahmed Hassani I was saying it because mohamed the pedo fucked his 9 year old wife and its all over my toilet paper .. *cough* i mean the quran.

@Blameberg 10 лет назад

HI, i want to ask the germans, could i get your citizenship (i dont want it, im just asking), if my mother has pure german blood for few generations? Name of my grandfather was Ernest Schäfer and his parents Herbert Schäfer and Herta Hopfner, my grandmother is Helga Lösch and her parents Anton Lösch and Anna Görgner, they all sounds like typical german names to me, but, from the father´s side im slavic, but his surname came from ancient german name "Heimerich". but my grandmother from fathers side is pure slavic. So how the german state takes these crossbreeds? Like the case of mine?

@49metal 10 лет назад

There is a difference between naturalizing and being a German citizen by birth. It is possible to be a German citizen at birth by inheritance form a chain of German citizen ancestors. Ethnicity is not the issue, they must have been legal citizens of Germany. Austrian or Swiss won't do it. The question is complex and there are many special factors that might affect a given case. In general, a child born after 1974 to a German citizen is a German citizen by birth regardless of where they are born. Those born before 1975 could only inherit citizenship from a German father (unless they are illegitimate, in which they take the citizenship of the mother) [This may have been retroactively changed recently.]. There is no limit on the number of generations this inheritance can go. However, a child is only a German citizen if the relevant parent is a citizen when they are born. If a person loses their German citizenship then they have not citizenship to pass on to their children. This loss often occurs in three ways: (1) The person naturalizes as a citizen of another country. (2) The person lost their citizenship under the 10 years abroad law (§ 21 StAG 1870) which took the German citizenship of persons who left Germany between 1870 and 1904 and remained abroad for 10 years without registering with the consulate or holding certain German travel papers. (3) Treaties after the first and second world wars often stripped German residents of a given country (like Poland after WW1) of their citizenship if the stayed there after the war. Sometimes they were required to register to keep their citizenship by a certain deadline. If you were born after 1974 and if your mother was a German citizen at the time of your birth then you were born a German citizen. Was your mother a German Citizen at the time of you birth? You would apply the same set of rules to her except that, if she was born before 1975 the question is was her father a GC? Apply the same rules to him. In general, if you were born after 1974, and if you can show that you mother's paternal line German emigrant ancestor left Germany after 1903 and never naturalized as a citizen of another country, then she probably inherited German citizenship. which she could give you. If your mom's paternal line German ancestor left Germany before 1904, then you probably have a § 21 StAG 1870 problem. Unfortunately, § 21 problems can be very complex. If your ancestor left before 1903 but registered with the correct consulate or had the correct paperwork then they may have been saved from the operation of § 21 StAG 1870. This ignores the problem of postwar treaties that were particularly consequential to residents of the former eastern territories. If you have lucked out and the chain of citizenship was unbroken then you would need to file an application with the German government for a certificate of citizenship. They will want everything documented and translated and if you are going back thee generations, it will be very very arduous. the work of a good genealogist and then a German lawyer will probably be needed and the chances of success can be fleeting in cases based on great grandparents.

@Blameberg 10 лет назад

thx for the info, the problem is, my german ancestors are so called sudetendeutsche (egerlandische ppl) they lived close to the german borders in Czechoslovakia (since my grand-grand father) until now.From the mothers line, they are all pure germans but i dont understand to the informations in mothers birth list, because theres written: Nationality:German BUT Citizenship:Czech, so they are czech citizens with german blood.

@bleed2blue1 9 лет назад

49metal What if it's a case of Art 116 Abs.1 2. Alt. GG? Then they have the right to claim citizenship, haven't they?

@49metal 7 лет назад

Eric Pasquale Not so. Such claims are still perfectly valid. Prospectively, children born abroad to German parents who are both domiciled abroad and who were both also born abroad after 1999 only obtain citizenship if their births are registered with German authorities or they would be stateless. This is a very small class of children at present.

@shittymcrvids3119 7 лет назад

No. "Blood", as you call it, doesn't matter. You've got to live in Germany for a couple of years before you can apply for citizenship.

@mrdevilsadvocate954 9 лет назад

Arabia is dispossessing Germany, so German citizenship will soon be worth as much as Pakistani Citizenship...go ahead, call it a racist statement, I dare you...

@Ling74750 8 лет назад

the criteria for getting a German citizenship are actually pretty high. So no it's not worth nothing. In contrast to the US where everyone who is merely born on US soil becomes a citizen you actually have to legally live in Germany for 8 years, have a stable income, pass a test and speak German. I think that these criteria ensure that only well integrated people can obtain citizenship. Those people that are being naturalized are actually the one that Germany needs. The poor, uneducated, with no job and bad German usually don't go through this program and thus don't become German citizens

@sylviasimpson7076 6 лет назад

+Roman. BS

@pakhtoonyar8389 3 года назад

@djamelkaroual3271 8 лет назад

Germany is Germany i like all personne live in GERMANY

@sharkarfaruk9380 7 лет назад

only political game

@lovelessOrphenKoRn 10 лет назад

It's all about money!

@honantong 9 лет назад

Passport has been linked with identity, ideology, nationality and legal rights , responsibilities, many things, maybe they are outdated. People want to have the passport many has lived and worked in the country so they have it. but it is not guarantee of a full mental immersion. haha, just an idea

@mikemer79 8 лет назад

go back to china

@honantong 7 лет назад

it's true.

@honantong 7 лет назад

Eric Pasquale but anyway. it might be hard. hope it actually turn out fine. if it gets worse people also deal with it and over time it gets better.

@koothodilabhijithaugustine 5 лет назад

The translators are excellent

@eacaf84 11 лет назад

True !

@vorjay 12 лет назад

brainwashed

@APhotofinishingnetwork 7 лет назад

german citizenship

@AdilKhan-pz1sn 6 лет назад

I think german government not given citzeship without change relgion and turkish teachers in this is best example but so maney reffugey still wait for residence card not for passport there is german people thinking lot people leave his own country with reason econmic condation but they thinking wrong i am 18year old now i am before 16 year come to germaney i learn german language everything but i cant found still special traning no pass becz the reason of bad minded look at the see other side itlay they have faced lot of now economic prbleam but they have still helf reffugge no body want they leave mom and samll sister and brther and father very sad movement for every one tnx 😓😓😓😓😓😓

@arrivalsantoniyus6337 5 лет назад

🚧🚦🇩🇪german citizenship 🇩🇪👑🇩🇪German citizenship 🇩🇪🚦🚧

@kerkarraje 4 года назад

That moment when the narrator mentions the ability to speak German as a requirement for citizenship, says this man from Ghana qualifies and then seeing that very same man being unable to speak a single sentence in German and requiring a translator - priceless. And regarding the CSU party, only 3 years later their opinion changed by 180 degrees and all of their former concerns were forgotten. Today, in 2020 people still wonder how a party like the AFD could raise to influence. I don't, I was there and witnessed it. I'm glad this clip exists, one day it will be one piece in a puzzle that explains how it all started.

@violetshark 10 лет назад

The spaniards, portughese people or Italians are much more affable and sociable, so if the point is the integration, bear in mind that hardily you will get real integration with german people. They have quite cold indole (dont mix up it with the being polite ) so perhaps it isn't worth having the german citizienship.

@slobomotion 10 лет назад

Stable immigrants who do honest declared work should be able to be citizens. I was able to do that here in France. I did wait five years before I even applied, and I sure had to do a heck of a lot of interviews, alone, all in French. If the person is law abiding and working and contributing, it is to the benefit of the place if their situation gets normalized. I was delighted. Uprated and shared.

@JacobIL83 11 лет назад

Countries have borders. They also have laws. All countries (including the poorest) have border control, visa requirements for visitors etc. Citizenship is even a more serious issue. Germany is not a central station for the world's sick and poor.

@immortalkdude8721 7 лет назад

I love Western culture and their acceptance of gay men .. that's why i want to live there

@EphemeralAbode 12 лет назад

That may be your view, which you are entitled to, but what's the point in having carbon copies, that takes away diversity, individual freedom and renders everyone the same. Today, we're living in a globalised multi-cultural world, and there is not much anyone can do about it. It's happened.I don't thinkanyone shoudl be made to eat the same exact food, wear same exact clothes, have same exact thinking to live in another country.As long as each person's way doesn't harm the other, what's the prob?

@UjjalChakrabortyDXDT 7 лет назад

very nice

@deenb6744 6 лет назад

Nothing

@gracenrgaard4951 6 лет назад

Hej german has the strongest passport in the world.... So if you have that you Can travel without a visa....

@KOGR11 11 лет назад

The concept of muticultural society involves a two way acceptance of culture, where the host society accepts the culture of the new immigrant by encouraging them to enrich the host culture while the new immigrant is expected to understand and adhere to the language and economical norms of the country. Multiculturalism is thriving in most countries where it has been adopted, look up singapore. Cultural purists are generally simply xenophobes, and there is no place for those in germany.

@avarina8418 6 лет назад

Mein Name ist Ava und ich versuche ein deutscher Staatsbürger zu werden, aber lass mich nur sagen, Deutsch zu lernen ist schwierig!

@dwnews 6 лет назад

Avarina, am Anfang ist es schwierig, aber mit der Zeit wird es einfacher! Dies könnte Sie vielleicht interessieren: www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469 /gu

@avarina8418 6 лет назад

Danke!

@djamelkaroual3271 8 лет назад

Germany is Germany i like all personne live in GERMANY

@superxbert 7 лет назад

Why move to another country if you are unwilling to integrate?

@djamelkaroual3271 8 лет назад

Germany is Germany i like all personne live in GERMANY

@paulsmith1981 9 лет назад

Race is just a social construct, everyone is exactly the same and interchangeable. Its an evolutionary miracle.

@lulu2dani 9 лет назад

***** it is, but people "races" are slightly different due to the evolution required for the areas they are found in. We are still all human though, none superior than the other, which is proved I think with the success of interbreeding.

@paulsmith1981 9 лет назад

Colleen Polar bears and brown bears can interbreed, I guess they are all just bears with some slight differences due to their environments. Anyone who says any different is just a specieist.

@lulu2dani 8 лет назад

In Correct Not every tribe in Africa would do that, a lot are very friendly. I also wouldn't go around certain areas in the states, so really, people are basically people. I do however believe that if you are going to try and get a citizenship of a country that actually has a long standing culture, you should adapt to it, and not bring your own. If they are kind enough to let you in, join in "their" customs. I hardly think the man they portrayed in this video is a racist, he is just pointing out that fact that they are handing out citizenship to people who have no intention on actually becoming a German in the sense of culture and traditions. Also, I hate cats. so your picture sucks :-)

@Bapao76 8 лет назад

Colleen The guy is spitting fire, but you do look kinda funky girlfriend. Where yo roots at?

@incorrect5083 8 лет назад

Colleen Oh you will very soon , they usually move in units or flash mobs chanting gibberish and bring cultural enrichment to deluded special snowflakes' anuses.

@samykiani944 5 лет назад

I will give away my German citizenship.

@dabidjibon8054 4 года назад

Most of the German migration in USA

@scheisshausduck5830 4 года назад

It is nothing worth, at all

@Sunraysunshine 4 года назад

Listen germany is a home to global education system right. If students come take your education course spend money and boost economic system. It is good for country overall right. So immigrants should be allowed to become citizen.As long as they adhere to values and rules of country.

@islam1465 4 года назад

Being german doesn't make someone immortal so why is german citizenship even worth it being german means nothing but lonely

@susannesperre9573 6 лет назад

Reiner Stimmenfang!! :-(

@dwnews 6 лет назад

Who is Reiner Stimmenfang? Also, please write your comments in English out of respect for other users. /mw

@susannesperre9573 6 лет назад

With love from Bavaria :-)

@chaguito5549 4 года назад

Its british English?

@sylviasimpson7076 6 лет назад

Is this a mess or what ?

@honantong 8 лет назад

I don't really like referring to people by their nationality or race any more.

@mohammedphilonous6856 8 лет назад

we need more people like you

@rightwingreactionary 8 лет назад

+Hong An Boy, are you generous.

@americaisawesome5267 8 лет назад

I refer to everyone by their race or nationality

@generous_coconut 7 лет назад

Whatever you Chinese colonist. You're just saying that to justify your annexation of the "South China Sea." Sincerely, A brown Asian (I'm actually a brown Asian)

@swagbro8506 6 лет назад

me too +AMERICA IS AWESOME

@lazarevaksenia5683 4 года назад

Is a child?!😲

@arleentorres18 8 лет назад

👍

@jasxx1108 5 лет назад

Arlene Valeria Hines you are very beautiful

@islam1465 4 года назад

I'm the happiest person on earth Alhumdulillah

@obvioustruth 6 лет назад

It is worthless!!!

@magster4258 11 лет назад

the difference between a foreigner and me is that i have german ancestory so i have more german in me than the foreigners.

@dvtflyguygreen1263 4 года назад

U just hate foreigners don't u? I have seen all your comments of you complaining about foreigners.

@tichtran664 4 года назад

So what if you have german ancestry?! Do you live in Germany, speak the language, etc. If not YOU ARE NOT GERMAN. European don't like foreigners(especially americans) claiming to be german, french, italian, etc when they have LITTLE OR NO DIRECT LINKS to the european continent.