Campaign Calls for Austrian Citizenship at Birth for Children of Long-Term Foreign Residents
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The LocalCampaign calls for Austrian citizenship at birth for children of long-term foreign residents
Currently, being born in Austria does not guarantee Austrian citizenship. A new initiative proposes changing the law so that children of foreign nationals who have lived legally in Austria for several years are automatically granted citizenship.
Children born in Austria will automatically be granted citizenship if their parents have lived legally in the country for several years. This now calls for an initiative supported, among other things, by ex-cancer Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) and ex-EU Commissioner Franz Fischler (ÖVP).
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Children born in Austria should automatically be granted citizenship if their parents have lived legally in the country for several years. This is what an initiative presented on Tuesday around the political scientists Rainer Bauböck and Gerd Valchars, which is supported by ex-cancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) and ex-EU Commissioner Franz Fischler (ÖVP) among others. On the occasion of the upcoming [...]
Children born in Austria should automatically be granted citizenship if their parents have lived legally in the country for several years. This is what an initiative presented on Tuesday around the political scientists Rainer Bauböck and Gerd Valchars, which is supported by ex-cancellor Franz Vranitzky (SPÖ) and ex-EU Commissioner Franz Fischler (ÖVP) among others. On the occasion of the upcoming National Day, signatures are now being collected.
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