European Commission Refers Malta to EU Court of Justice on Golden Passports

The European Commission on 29 September 2022 referred Malta to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in connection with the Maltese Investor Citizen Scheme, generally referred to as the "golden passport scheme". The Commission considers that the systematic granting of nationality, and thereby EU citizenship, in return for pre-determined payments or investments without any genuine link to the Member State concerned undermines the status of EU citizenship as laid down in the EU Trea…