Malta’s controversial golden passport scheme, allowing foreigners to purchase EU citizenship in exchange for investing upwards of €690,000, was ruled unlawful by the EU’s top court on Tuesday.
The Commission took legal action years ago, arguing that the golden passport scheme breached Malta’s duty to cooperate sincerely. It offered people the chance to gain citizenship of Malta, and hence the right to work across the EU, even if they didn’t have family ties or a home there.
