An MPU-Order is treated as a preparatory procedural act, not an administrative act, so legal protection only arises with the final decision on licence revocation.

EU citizens in Germany can vote in local and European elections. Only German citizens, however, can vote in Bundestag elections.

Creditors can rarely avoid losses in protective shield proceedings. By joining forces, however, they gain far more negotiating power.

Children born to married German mothers before 1975 can now claim citizenship by simple declaration. No German language skills are needed.

Since 2021, investigators can keep a seizure secret from the accused for a time. This requires suspicion of a serious criminal offence.

Victims of Nazi persecution who were never formally stripped of citizenship can now be naturalised too. There's no deadline and no language test.