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CJEU Holds Maltese Investor Citizenship Scheme is Contrary to EU Law

01 May 2025

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European Union-Malta

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment on 29 April 2025 finding that the Maltese investor citizenship scheme amounted to the "commercialisation of the grant of the nationality of a Member State", which is contrary to EU law. The following is a CJEU release on the judgment. --- Union citizenship: the Maltese investor citizenship scheme is contrary to EU law The acquisition of Union citizenship cannot result from a commercial transaction While the definition of the conditions for granting and losing the nationality of a Member State is a matter of national competence, that competence...