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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/52ed07d8d8bab3be https://verfassungsblog.de/fury-and-surprise-anchored-in-dogmas-and-myths/ Fury and Surprise Anchored in Dogmas and Myths - Reflections on Commission v. Malta and its Discontents Wagner, Lorin-Johannes eng 2025-05-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Commission v Malta ECJ EU citizenship Golden Passports Maltese investment citizenship Nottebohm union citizenship Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.