This dissertation focuses on political and geopolitical controversies caused by the migration crisis in 2015/2016 in Europe, which are the consequence of the internal rift between the democratic and liberal elements of modern democracy. The rift in today‘s liberal democracy develops because of the imbalances between two elements, i.e. between the rights of the individual and the rights of the community, which is imminent to democracy. This dissertation poses a question about what kind of animosities these two elements cause in migration and citizenship policy since membership in a community is itself the foundation of democracy. In the theoretical part of this work, it was researched the history of liberal democracy and its link to immigration, as well as theories by a few important authors that see the development of democracy in two different directions. On the one hand, modern democracy is directed toward illiberal democracy and populism, while on the other, it tends toward liberal hegemony and autocracy. The work also examines theories of those authors who tend to see the new social phenomenon through the lens of cultural backlash between cosmopolitans and populists/nativists. Those viewpoints are being put into perspective of the migration crisis that is deeply analysed through demographic, geopolitical and political indicators whereas Germany is a case study country because of its immense role in resolving the migration crisis and because of its historical and political role in Europe. The migration crisis is the framework of reflection, and with its phenomenon, intensity, and direction, it changed the general perception about geopolitical, demographic and migration laws. Also, Germany is regarded as a case that can best reveal the internal dynamics of liberal democracy in the field of citizenship policy, especially taking into consideration that it is defined as a country with an ethno-nationalistic view of citizenry and statehood. One of the main goals of this work is to analyse whether this paradigm is still valid and how the new citizenship policy is being developed with regards to high volumes of immigration and party consensus in the country. Finally, the dissertation ends with the conclusion that Germany built ―multiculturalism without multiculturalism‖; the historic legacy had distorted a development of a different kind of citizenship policy because the prime actors decided to accept the liberal approach of ―constitutional patriotism‖ that replaced all other forms of citizenship policy. The nowdays crisis of democracy is intrinsically linked to the crisis of identity caused by immigration.