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    Die Begehung schwerer Straftaten kann nun zum Verlust der belgischen Staatsangehörigkeit führen

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    2. ZebraSandwich4Lyf on

      This should be standard for every country, if you’re granted citizenship and then choose to inflict violence on another then you forfeit your right to stay as far as I’m concerned.

    3. cAtloVeR9998 on

      Nationality shouldn’t be revocable by the state (with the sole exception of fraud in the application process).

    4. Joshau-k on

      This is a violation of basic human rights. 

      There are only 2 reasons citizenship should be revoked. Either willingly, or if the application for citizenship was later found out to be fraudulent on and way.

      If your citizen commits a crime, a court can put them in prison. Don’t send them away to be someone else’s problem

    5. luvidicus on

      After seeing Germany revoke someone’s citizenship after posting pro-hamas pictures, this just shouldn’t be a thing. Way too much of a slippery slope

    7. PinocchiosWoodBalls on

      I FUCKING LOVE HOW PEOPLE IGNORE THIS SIMPLE FUCKING FACT:
      You know who will have Zero issue with this?

      PEOPLE WHO DONT COMMIT SERIOUS CRIMES! And you don’t have to „butwhatabout?!“
      Its very simple: don’t commit these crimes and youre good.

      How is „Not being a serious criminal“ such a hard ask for so many?

      Nobody talks about stealing bread for your kids!

    9. Wonderful_Hold_6986 on

      For those who don’t want to or can’t click on the link, here’s what’s written in the article:

      Anyone who has acquired Belgian nationality in the last 15 years and is found guilty of a serious crime – including homicide, sexual assault and organized crime – can be stripped of their nationality. The wide expansion of an existing law that largely applied only to terrorism has been approved by the federal Chamber of Representatives following a proposal by federal justice minister Annelies Verlinden.

      Previously this legislation was only applied to terrorism, but now it has been expanded to include other serious crimes. The criminal must have received a prison sentence of at least five years to be considered for the measure. Revoking citizenship is not automatically applied to every criminal; it will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

      The same cannot be said for terrorists who have double nationality: Under the new legislation, their Belgian citizenship will now be automatically revoked, whereas earlier that was also handled on a case-by-case basis. The new legislation is “a powerful message,” says Verlinden, that “anyone guilty of grave crimes that undermine the foundations of our society, can lose his or her Belgian citizenship.”

      The Chamber also approved a [bill submitted by Verlinden last year](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/07/11/_vehicular-manslaughter-new-terminology-and-tougher-sentences/) that would toughen sentences for traffic accidents leading to deaths. The term *verkeersdoodslag*, or vehicular manslaughter, will now be used, whereas earlier this was simply “causing a deadly traffic accident”. The tougher sentences – a maximum of 10 years in prison, up from five, and fines up to €16,000 rather than €10,000 – could be applied to repeat offenders or anyone driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

    10. Hunting-Succcubus on

      So basically this criminal scum is not belgian product, we disowned him.

    11. weeBaaDoo on

      It’s such a difficult subject. On one hand you want to make sure that no one can rework a person’s citizenship just because of their beliefs or political opinions on the other hand there are extreme situations where people gain citizenship and afterwards try to destroy democracy or just make crime in unprecedented levels. Just today there was a small bomb blast in one of the larger cities in Denmark, due to rivalry between to clans that migrated to Denmark.

      Edit.
      Link to article (sorry only in danish)

      https://www.bt.dk/krimi/borgmester-dybt-forarget-vanvittige-mennesker–ligner-klanopgoer

    14. Grand_Sock_1303 on

      Do they put you on a plane and send you to your country of birth? Do they just throw you over the nearest border?

    17. m15otw on

      Theresa May as UK Home Secretary did similar stuff, but included people who were merely _entitled_ to another citizenship in the UKs opinion, even if they’d never claimed it. Got them into hot water for „making people stateless“.

    20. armored-dinnerjacket on

      they must have read onana and Hazard’s comments in the media recently

    23. shiningdickhalloran on

      If I cook a regular waffle and call it a Belgian waffle, does that count as a serious crime?

    26. Samusen on

      Terrorism makes sense where a person is committing acts against the people and persons of it’s state. Though I don’t get how regular crimes warrant stripping someone of their nationality. It’s the same thing the US is doing..

    27. AstroPedastro on

      Would love to see people getting removed from a country when they have been convicted of 3 criminal acts that required jailtime. No redemption possible. Evict them to an Island and call it Australia or something.

    28. bonyponyride on

      I was given a similar warning with my naturalization certificate when I got German dual citizenship. This stance doesn’t seem to be unique to Belgium.

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