Agreed PolicyNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Naturalization
The normal route requires around fifteen years of lawful residence before an application may be made, with demanding assimilation requirements.
Policy catalogueNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Agreed PolicyCitizenship: General Principle
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.
Position
Citizenship is membership in a historical political community, not merely residence. Restore Europe rejects automatic territorial birthright citizenship as a general rule.
Policy
- Citizenship normally passes through citizen parentage.
- Birth on national territory to non-citizen parents does not by itself confer citizenship.
- Naturalization requires deep linguistic, cultural, civic and patriotic assimilation.
- Naturalization is an admission into the national political community rather than an automatic entitlement generated by residence.
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- Agreed PolicyNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Citizenship by Descent and Restoration
Documented national descent may justify a substantially faster restoration route than ordinary naturalization.
- Agreed PolicyNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Voting Rights After Naturalization
Naturalized citizens should wait a further four years after naturalization before receiving full voting rights.
- Agreed PolicyNation, Citizenship, Immigration and Europe
Dual Citizenship
Dual citizenship between European countries is generally accepted; non-European citizens naturalizing into a European nation would be expected to renounce their former citizenship.
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