Germany must have an interest in controlling the influx of migrants, granting protection to refugees and the persecuted, and integrating immigrants.
In addition, skilled workers are needed.
The way to achieve these goals does not lead through open doors and the devaluation of German citizenship.
But the traffic light coalition is going this way.
Of course it is right to be flexible.
Who should object to the fact that the hurdles for highly qualified refugees willing to integrate are removed?
Excellent language skills or knowledge of certain articles of the Basic Law are also not decisive.
But the will to get involved in this country with deeds and words and to recognize this country as one's own must be recognizable - and is a prerequisite for a (new) citizen.
Citizenship as assignment to a community
Citizenship is not a faded formality, but still a globally recognized assignment to a community.
Generous simplifications with reference to Germany's status as an immigration country misjudge its situation.
Traditional immigration countries are often very strict about their borders and very selective when it comes to who they let into the country.
Multiple citizenships are often unavoidable and, with good reason, easily possible in the European Union.
This is of course a common legal area.
Especially in the current situation of a renewed influx of refugees, Germany must not send the wrong signal again.
If the traffic light turns green for immigrants and at the same time dispenses with integration services and generously distributes the German passport, it disregards German interests - and elementary structures of statehood.