Politics

Find Germany's Obama? Yes we Cem!

<b>An overwhelming majority of Germans might adore US president-elect Barack Obama, but they're unlikely to vote for a comparable politician in their own backyard any time soon, argues The Local's Marc Young.</b>

Islam

Study shows Muslims in Germany are both religious and tolerant

Muslims who live in Germany are significantly more religious than average citizens, but they are also quite tolerant, according to a new study from the Bertelsmann Foundation.

Crime

Immigrant youth not more violent than German kids

Immigrant youth are not more violent than their German peers, according to a new study by the Universities of Münster and Bielefeld.

passports

German conservatives slammed for 'racial ideology' on citizenship

A leading parliamentarian for Germany’s Social Democratic Party has criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats for pursuing citizenship rules based on “racial ideology” instead of allowing dual nationality.

integration

Turks say Germans would not pass citizenship test

The Turkish association in Berlin and Brandenburg has harshly cricitized the federal government’s plans for a citizenship test, saying it was too hard for most Germans to pass.

Immigration

New language requirement ‘against human rights’

Foreigners who want to join their spouses in Germany will have to be able to form entire German sentences, according to a decision by a Berlin administrative court on Monday. In addition, the law stipulates that immigrating spouses must be at least 18. Moreover, the spouse’s move to Germany can be blocked if the couple cannot prove that they can provide for themselves.