Thursday 25 April 2024
Judgment in Joined Cases C-684/22 Stadt Duisburg (Loss of German citizenship), C-685/22 Stadt Wuppertal (Loss of German citizenship) and C-686/22 Stadt Krefeld (Loss of German citizenship)
(Citizenship of the Union)
Several Turkish nationals are challenging before a German court the loss of their German nationality, acquired through naturalisation in 1999. To become German, they had had to renounce their Turkish nationality.
However, after their naturalisation in Germany, and more specifically after January 1, 2000, they again acquired Turkish nationality at their own request. By virtue of an amendment to German legislation coming into force on January 1, 2000, this recovery of Turkish nationality resulted in the automatic loss of German nationality.
The referring German court has doubts as to whether this automatic loss of German nationality is compatible with European Union law. Since the persons concerned do not possess the nationality of another Member State, it also entails the loss of EU citizenship and therefore of the right to move and reside freely throughout the EU.
The German court therefore referred the matter to the Court of Justice.
Donnerstag, 25. April 2024
Urteil des Gerichtshofs in den verbundenen Rechtssachen C‑684/22 Stadt Duisburg, C‑685/22 Stadt Wuppertal und C‑686/22 Stadt Krefeld (Verlust der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit)
Verlust der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit bei Wiedererwerb der türkischen Staatsangehörigkeit
Fünf eingebürgerte deutsche Staatsangehörige, die nach ihrer Einbürgerung in Deutschland aus der türkischen Staatsangehörigkeit entlassen wurden, erwarben letztere kurze Zeit später wieder.
Nach Anhörung stellten die Stadt Wuppertal, die Stadt Krefeld bzw. die Stadt Duisburg fest, dass wegen des Wiedererwerbs der türkischen Staatsangehörigkeit die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit der Betroffenen nicht mehr bestehe.
Dagegen haben die Betroffenen vor dem Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf Klage erhoben. Dieses möchte vom Gerichtshof wissen, ob das Unionsrecht dem entgegensteht, dass im Falle des freiwilligen Erwerbs einer (nicht privilegierten) Staatsangehörigkeit eines Drittstaats die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit und damit auch die Unionsbürgerschaft kraft Gesetzes verloren gehen.
Generalanwalt Szpunar hat seine Schlussanträge am 14. Dezember 2023 vorgelegt.
Weitere Informationen C-684/22
Weitere Informationen C-685/22
Weitere Informationen C-686/22
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