In an attention-grabbing and necessary resolution of the Courtroom of Justice of the EU, sitting as a Grand Chamber in Fee v Malta (Citizenship by Funding) [2024] EUECJ C-181/23, the Courtroom has discovered that Malta’s 2020 ‘investor citizenship’ scheme is incompatible with EU regulation, particularly with the precept of honest cooperation enshrined in article 4(3) of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’) by which ‘the Union and the Member States shall, in full mutual respect, help one another in finishing up duties which move from the Treaties’, and citizenship of the Union at Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’).
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Op-Ed: “On Real Hyperlinks, Burdens of Proof, and Declaration No. 2: Some Musings on the Courtroom’s Reasoning in Fee v. Malta (C-181/23)” – Model Slux
The Courtroom’s judgment in Fee v. Malta (C-181/23), delivered on April 29th, has already turn into a landmark case: each the underlying subject-matter (Malta’s so-called ‘golden passports’ scheme), the political consideration which this subject attracted (finest captured by President’s von der Leyen’s assertion that ‘European values usually are not on the market’), and the forcefulness … Read more
Op-Ed: “The Finish of Citizenship on the market? a authorized turning Level in Fee v. Malta (C-181/23)” – Model Slux
The Grand Chamber’s judgment in Fee v. Malta (C-181/23), delivered on 29 April 2025, marks a decisive step within the European Union’s effort to uphold the integrity of Union citizenship. The Court docket of Justice held that Malta violated Articles 20 TFEU and 4(3) TEU by working an investor citizenship scheme that granted nationality in … Read more
Citizenship for Sale (Fee v Malta) – Verfassungsblog – Model Slux
Who of the Two is Promoting European Values? I The Maltese “passports on the market” (Golden Passports) was large information a yr or two in the past however has now disappeared beneath the radar of public consideration. But, the mills of justice would possibly grind slowly, however grind they do. The case introduced by the … Read more
