In a significant legal development, Malta has won the first round of its court battle against the European Commission (EC) regarding its citizenship-by-investment (CBI) program. On 4 October, an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a statement asserting that the EC does not have the authority to impose restrictions on Member States’ CBI policies.

The opinion reinforces the rights of individual EU nations to determine their own citizenship rules, without needing to establish a “genuine link” to the applicant, as challenged by the EC. Read More Here