German Commissioner for Aliens Marie-Louise Beck (L) reads a paper to Christian Democratic members of parliament Eckart von Klaeden (C) and Peter Altmaier prior to a news conference by German Interior Minister Otto Schily in Bonn January 6. Von Klaeden and Altmaier criticised the planned signature campaign of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) against the efforts of the German government to reform outdated citizenship laws.

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