Stephane Tajick provides an in-depth overview of the EU’s legislative procedures around investment migration. What are the potential outcomes? At which junctures can the industry influence the process? And what timeline are we working with?
The European Commission issues Malta a final demand to close its MEIN policy before deciding whether to take the country to court.
As Parliament votes overwhelmingly in support of ending CBI and regulating RBI in Europe, Kochenov expects the Commission not to legislate.
The Commission agrees with the Parliament that citizenship by investment in the EU should end. What they don’t agree in is how to end it.
The European Commission has sent a “Reasoned Opinion” to Cyprus and an “additional letter of formal notice” to Malta.
Secretary Muscat is annoyed at comparisons to Cyprus and that he can find no legal reasons to end citizenship by investment in Malta.
The Commission wants genuine links in the form of several years of residency. That is precisely what a CIP cannot ask of its participants.
