Policy catalogueNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Agreed PolicyThe normal route requires around fifteen years of lawful residence before an application may be made, with demanding assimilation requirements.
The normal Restore Europe naturalization route requires approximately fifteen years of lawful residence before an application may be made, together with exceptionally demanding assimilation requirements.
Implementation note
Ordinary residence requirements across Europe currently run to between five and ten years, so this would lengthen rather than adjust existing practice.
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Citizenship is membership of a historical political community rather than a function of residence, and Restore Europe rejects automatic territorial birthright citizenship as a general rule.
Naturalized citizens should wait a further four years after naturalization before receiving full voting rights.
Dual citizenship between European countries is generally accepted; non-European citizens naturalizing into a European nation would be expected to renounce their former citizenship.
Naturalized citizenship may be revoked judicially in exceptionally serious cases such as fraudulent naturalization, treason or terrorism.
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