Overview

• North Rhine-Westphalia will record dual citizenships in criminal statistics retroactively from July 1 after previously listing dual nationals only as German.
• NRW is the first German state to adopt this recording method, bringing the issue before the state parliament.
• The SPD parliamentary group has requested a government report for the interior committee’s meeting on September 11.
• The request seeks disclosure of the full interior ministry decree that instructed police to compile the new statistics.
• The SPD questions the state’s unilateral approach and coalition handling, while the Greens have sharply criticized the directive.