Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-181/23European Commission v Republic of Malta
- Decided
- 2025-04-29
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2025:283
- CELEX
- 62023CJ0181
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Article 20 TFEU – Citizenship of the Union – Article 4(3) TEU – Principle of sincere cooperation – Principle of mutual trust between the Member States – Grant of the nationality of a Member State – Special relationship of solidarity and good faith – Operation of an investor citizenship scheme – Naturalisation in exchange for predetermined payments or investments – Transactional nature of the naturalisation scheme, which amounts to the ‘commercialisation’ of Union citizenship.
Interprets
Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
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