"Germany's Parliament Eases Citizenship Laws for Foreigners"

Germany's parliament has approved legislation to ease citizenship rules, allowing people to become eligible for citizenship after five years and opening up the possibility of dual nationalities. The bill, put forward by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition, also reduces the residency requirement for German-born children to automatically become citizens and permits dual nationality for tens of thousands of German-born Turks. The legislation aims to acknowledge Germany's ethnic diversity and multiculturalism, but faces opposition from conservative and far-right parties who argue it could devalue German citizenship and import division.