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Germany to include questions about Israel in citizenship test, says minister
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/03/27/germany-will-now-include-questions-about-israel-in-its-citizenship-test_6660274_143.htmlThe test for German citizenship will in future include questions on the Jewish religion and the state of Israel in a move designed to filter out anti-Semites among applicants.
"Anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of contempt for humanity rule out naturalization," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told Der Spiegel weekly in its Thursday, March 28, edition. "Anyone who does not share our values cannot get a German passport," Feaser said in the report first published on the magazine's website.
In the new citizenship test, which applicants must pass to acquire German nationality, candidates could be asked the name of the Jewish place of worship, the founding year of Israel or Germany's particular historical obligation to it, according to Der Spiegel.
The punishments for Holocaust denial and the membership requirements for Jewish sports clubs would also be among the possible questions, according to the magazine.
"Anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of contempt for humanity rule out naturalization," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told Der Spiegel weekly in its Thursday, March 28, edition. "Anyone who does not share our values cannot get a German passport," Feaser said in the report first published on the magazine's website.
In the new citizenship test, which applicants must pass to acquire German nationality, candidates could be asked the name of the Jewish place of worship, the founding year of Israel or Germany's particular historical obligation to it, according to Der Spiegel.
The punishments for Holocaust denial and the membership requirements for Jewish sports clubs would also be among the possible questions, according to the magazine.
