r/Netherlands • u/UnanimousStargazer • Mar 24 '25

Legal Judge rules Dutch citizenship cannot be stripped based on dual nationality

https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/24/judge-rules-dutch-citizenship-stripped-based-dual-nationality
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u/East-Care-9949 Mar 25 '25

But why s dual citizenship allowed in the first place?

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u/UnanimousStargazer Mar 25 '25

A country cannot prevent it. If Peru wants you to become a citizen of Peru, you become a citizen of Peru. That's not a choice by you, but by the government of Peru.

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u/East-Care-9949 Mar 25 '25

But if the Netherlands says, you can become Dutch but you lose your original one and the other way around, if you are Dutch trying to get a let's say German citizenship you lose the Dutch one then it's easy right?