[mollmerx]

Malta has the reputation of being the easiest to acquire EU citizenship.

It's unlikely that Germany would be one of the easiest, as it requires 8 years of permanent residence to become a citizen. After living in Germany for 8 years it's unlikely you'd still want to move to the UK anyway, as you would have learnt the language and have come to appreciate the higher quality of living.

[klipt]

I know Malta sells citizenship for some million Euro, but having millions of disposable Euros doesn't sound "easy" for most people :)

The question is entirely academic for me, since I'm close to having a green card in the US. But is the quality of life in Germany really better than UK? I'm from South Africa and speak some Afrikaans, so I suspect I could learn German more easily than your average English speaker.

Of course one disadvantage of Germany is they don't allow dual citizenship...