Citizenship for Sale? Some Thoughts on the Limits on Member States’ Competence to Grant Nationality According to the CJEU Case C-181/23 Commission v. Malta

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angličtina
Original language name
Citizenship for Sale? Some Thoughts on the Limits on Member States’ Competence to Grant Nationality According to the CJEU Case C-181/23 Commission v. Malta
Original language description
On 29 April 2025, the CJEU delivered a landmark judgment in Case C-181/23, concluding that Malta’s citizenship by investment scheme violates EU law. While Member States retain formal competence to determine the conditions for granting nationality, this judgment establishes that such competence is not unlimited when the acquisition of national citizenship automatically confers Union citizenship. Through critical analysis of the Court’s reasoning, the article argues that C-181/23 represents a significant evolution in EU citizenship jurisprudence, establishing that Union citizenship cannot be commodified and must be grounded in substantive constitutional values.
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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