He Controversial golden Malta PassportThis allowed foreigners to obtain EU citizenship In exchange for an investment that exceeds 690,000Illegally declared by the EU court.
The Commission carried out legal proceedings several years ago Gold Passport violated Malta’s duty honestly to cooperate. He gave citizens the opportunity to get the nationality of Maltese, and therefore, the European Union’s right to work throughout the country, although they have no family relationships or immigration in the country.
The EU court He proved the Commission that views such rule “marketing is equivalent By providing the national law of a member of the state and expanding the citizenship of the union, this does not match the concept of the basic law that emerges Contracts“.
According to the court, the Maltese is based on reigning or investments, and “Malta Republic is not considered useful in that territory This is an important criterion for giving nationality The state of the state of the state by the regime. “
Malta has violated duties
The court declared, by establishing and using its golden passport regime, Malta has violated duties He was concerned about him because of the EU agreements and denounced Malta to pay the cost of the case. Last October, the decision was made against the non -binding report of the public lawyer Anthony Calins, which rejected the European Commission’s concern, which undermined the integrity of the EU.
“Memberships have decided that They are exclusively compatible with each of them Determine who has the right to be one of its countrymen, as a result, the EU citizen has suggested Calinsin’s opinion. The judges of the court are not forced to follow the public lawyer’s views, although they do in most cases.
Malda was The last golden passport rule in the constituencyAfter Cyprus suppressed his practice in 2020 And Bulgaria in 2022. Other countries offer “gold visas”, which is a very limited system, which provides residential permissions for those who are ready to pay, although they attract attention.
Portugal reduced its gold visa system in 2023Eliminating Real Estate Investment Status in an attempt to reduce real estate speculation. The Netherlands followed its prototype and ended its golden visa regime in January 2024, and Spain has promised to eradicate gold visas For those who invest in the real estate sector.
These regimes have raised Important security concerns And from the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russians will allow the Russians to avoid sanctions from the acquisition of the EU’s passport or residential card.
In 2022, eurodiputos For Golden Visas they requested more strict rules And prohibiting citizenship through investment, which states that it is “a protocol, legal and economic view from the economic view.”
