EC takes Malta to CJEU over golden passport scheme

The Brussels Times

Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission decided to take Malta to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) over the country’s golden passport scheme.

The body stressed in a statement on Thursday that exchanging EU membership for investments or payments without a genuine link to the country is not in line with EU rules.

The Commission reminded that it warned Malta formally in October of 2020, urging the EU member state to scrap the golden passport scheme, and again in June of 2021, months after Malta adopted a new scheme.

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