CDU / CSU signature campaign against the reform of German citizenship law

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The signature campaign against the reform of German citizenship law "Yes to integration, no to dual citizenship" was a controversial campaign by the CDU and CSU against the expansion of dual citizenship .

procedure

In 1998/99, the Union organized a signature campaign against the reform of German citizenship law planned by the then ruling red-green federal government . The new regulation provided for the law to be supplemented by elements of the ius soli so that children born in Germany to foreign parents would automatically have received German citizenship. Dual citizenship, which until then was only permitted in exceptional cases, should be allowed for these new citizens as well as for naturalized persons.

In the collection of signatures, citizens were asked to sign for greater integration efforts and against dual nationality for migrants (“Yes to integration - No to dual nationality”). The campaign was initiated by Wolfgang Schäuble and Edmund Stoiber .

Especially during the Hessian state election campaign in early 1999 , signature lists were displayed at information stands of the CDU. During the campaign there were protests and sometimes violent riots in numerous cities , which made the use of the police necessary. Numerous initiatives launched their own signature campaigns against the Union's action and pleaded for the possibility of dual citizenship. In addition to the SPD, Greens and FDP, members of their own party also criticized the action as populist and irresponsible. The NPD also carried out a signature campaign against dual citizenship, which, contrary to the CDU's text, did not contain any demand for improved integration. Critics accused the Union of stirring up racist resentment and using it for the election campaign. In total, the Union received 5 million signatures nationwide through the campaign.

With the signature campaign, Roland Koch was able to polarize the mood in the election campaign. He succeeded in winning the election over the SPD in Hesse, led by Hans Eichel . As the red-green majority in the Federal Council was lost as a result, a weakened reform proposal was decided after long negotiations.

background

In 1999 there were around 7.3 million foreigners in Germany, the largest group of which was around 2.5 million Turks. The draft law of the red-green federal government explicitly aimed to increase the naturalization rate. According to opinion polls, the share of votes of the SPD and the Greens among German voters of Turkish origin was 80 percent compared to 20 percent for the CDU and FDP.

literature

  • Jochen Bauman, Andreas Dietl, Wolfgang Wippermann: blood or soil. Double passport, citizenship law and understanding of the nation . Elefanten Press, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88520-750-8 .
  • Irene Götz (Hrsg.): Explosive dual citizenship. To everyday life of the national . Series of publications Berliner Blätter. Ethnographic and ethnological contributions . 21/2000. LIT, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-8258-5070-6 .
  • Andreas Klärner: Resentment revolt. Immigration discourse, ethnic nationalism and the CDU / CSU campaign against dual citizenship . PapyRossa, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-89438-211-2 .
  • Hajo Schumacher : Roland Koch - adored and despised . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-596-16153-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Netzeitung: Tens of thousands of Turks are threatened with deportation ( Memento from March 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ RZ-Online (News): Aliens Policy: Union in the Crossfire .
  3. ↑ FU Berlin: "Because ick for'm that no dual citizenship exist." . Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.polwiss.fu-berlin.de
  4. ↑ FOCUS Online: Roland Koch sends his regards .
  5. ↑ Home - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) . Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.destatis.de
  6. ↑ Contents: Editing Politics and Education, Design: Jeanette Reusch-Mlynárik, Niketan Pandit, Online-Publisher: Politics and Education: Turks with Us - Your Home, Migration, Integration .
  7. ↑ MdB Gert Weisskirchen (SPD): Information on the reform of German citizenship law  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 18, 1999.@1@ 2Template: dead link / spdnet.sozi.info  
  8. ↑ Derived from Andreas M. Wüst: The voting behavior of naturalized persons in Germany , From Politics and Contemporary History (B 52/2003), Federal Center for Political Education, December 22, 2003.

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