nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/52ed07d8d8bab3be DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250526s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/52ed07d8d8bab3be doi eng 342 23 Wagner, Lorin-Johannes Author aut Fury and Surprise Anchored in Dogmas and Myths - Reflections on Commission v. Malta and its Discontents Wagner, Lorin-Johannes Verfassungsblog 2025-05-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Court of Justice’s judgment in Commission v Malta has created quite some upheaval. That the judgment has caught so many legal commentators wrong-footed can be attributed to the fact that both sides overwhelmingly come from the premise that Member States are sovereign to decide who their nationals are and that there is no such thing as a genuine link requirement for nationality. This blog takes a closer look at these alleged certainties, and sets out why the judgment is not that surprising at all – lifting the veil of untenable dogmas and mystifications that have surrounded Declaration No 2 and the Court’s Micheletti judgment for too long along the way. CC BY-SA 4.0 Commission v Malta ECJ EU citizenship Golden Passports Maltese investment citizenship Nottebohm union citizenship Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/fury-and-surprise-anchored-in-dogmas-and-myths/ raw object