Schneeberger for Clearer Citizenship Rules
A reorganisation is "urgently needed", the ÖVP city chief emphasised on Monday in a press release: "It cannot be that I constantly have to award citizenship to people who are not even able to say the words 'I pledge'. Recently, a revocation in Baden caused a stir.
Wiener Neustadt's Mayor Calls for Clearer Citizenship Rules
"I have repeatedly wanted to refuse the award of citizenship due to the lack of German skills. Unfortunately, my hands are legally tied here," explained Schneeberger, who is running again as the top candidate for the People's Party in the municipal elections on 26 January 2025. So the question arises, "what is going wrong in the mandatory German courses - but especially in the tests, which are then crucial for obtaining citizenship. We need clear rules here, a strict approach and a handle for the authorities." Citizenship as the highest good of the Republic of Austria should "not be awarded arbitrarily, but only to those who are fully integrated, for which knowledge of the German language is the least."
The revocation of the award of citizenship to a Ukrainian, who had refused to sing along to the national anthem at the ceremony in mid-October at the Baden district headquarters, became known last week. The basis was a decision by the Lower Austrian state government. The FPÖ and ÖVP defended the revocation.
(APA/Red)
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