{"id":23,"date":"2005-12-04T20:34:19","date_gmt":"2005-12-04T19:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispica.de\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2010-01-02T16:55:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T15:55:17","slug":"the-pope-is-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.giuseppelupo.eu\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"The Pope is German…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"…………………and me now too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Horray … I am a german “Kraut” (1)<\/strong> now. Horray!!!!!!
\nSono “Crucco” (2)<\/strong> finalmente!<\/p>\n

For my memoirs: On December 3rd 2005 I received the German citizenship.
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\nFor me this is a big and nice thing. Since my birth I am living as Italian (son of emigrants) in Germany. I still remember how I was called a “Spaghetti” (3)<\/strong> in primary school and felt ashamed to be different,… not to be German …<\/p>\n

(1),(2),(3)<\/strong> for explanation I found this very useful list of Offensive terms sorted by nationality<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Of course soon things changed when we got history lessons in middle school, and then I no longer wanted to be German. But growing up and paying so many taxes here the wish to get acceptance by having the german nationality still lurked. I didn’t apply for it, because I would have had to abandon my Italian citizenship.<\/p>\n

Beginning of this year, the ultra-conservative bavarian government approved a law which allows the double citizenship under certain conditions. (In other parts of Germany the law was valid already for quite a while.) After hearing this I immediately applied for naturalization. Yesterday I received a letter with congratulation: I was accepted. <\/strong>
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\nMy nationality now: Italo-German-European.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately too late for the German elections which took place 18th of September 2005.
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\nI am sure with my vote the unlucky “Grand coalition” <\/a>of the two major german parties, could have been prevented. I could have made the difference, … so I just say: “Germany take the consequences now”.<\/p>\n

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