Malta fights for Golden Passes

Despite the ruling of the European Court of Justice, Malta maintains its ‘golden passports'. Prime Minister Abela is fighting for the programme that has already contributed 1.4 billion euros to the country.

On 29 April, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgment condemning Malta for its programme for the "marketing" of European nationality (the "golden passports"), following an action initiated by the EU in 2022. By thus strengthening the conditions for access to European nationality, the consequences of this judgment could be much wider, and also impact the "golden visas" programmes. So far, European nationality was acq…