The European Court of Justice has in Commission v Malta (Citizenship by Investment) [2024] EUECJ C-181/23 held that Malta’s post-2020 citizenship by investment programme is incompatible with EU law, stating that under EU citizenship, and by extension EU citizenship, cannot be treated as a commodity divorced from genuine connections to the Member State.
Eric Fripp analyses this important ruling in a piece for EJIL: Talk!, the blog of the European Journal of International Law, examining the decision and broader legal and political implications of the decision.
Find out how this may impact the EU and broader global community by reading the full article here.
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