The Liechtenstein Parliament is currently working intensively on
an amendment to the Civil Rights Act (BüG). The impetus for
the planned reform was a parliamentary motion, which should make it
possible to acquire dual citizenship by naturalization. 16 out of
25 members of Parliament supported the implementation of the
motion. Different approaches were discussed and the government has
now submitted a draft-law to the Parliament.
In future, EEA and Swiss nationals should be able to retain
their former citizenship after naturalisation. The prerequisite is
that dual citizenship is also permitted in the country of origin
(principle of reciprocity). Third-country nationals are obliged to
give up their former citizenship. This discrimination raised
constitutional concerns, so that an expert opinion was
commissioned.
