Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 29 April 2025, European Commission v Republic of Malta, Case C-181/23

CJEU Grand Chamber judgment of 29 Apr 2025 in C-181/23 (EUR-Lex HTML page). Legal framework (Treaty articles, Maltese Citizenship Act art. 10, IIP 2014 cap of 1,800, 2020 regulations: EUR 600,000/750,000 contribution, EUR 10,000 deposit, EUR 700,000 property or EUR 16,000 rent, EUR 10,000 donation, 36/12 months residence, EUR 50,000 per dependant, cap of 400 a year and 1,500 in total), pre-litigation timeline (1 Apr 2020 letter, 20 Oct 2020 formal notice, Malta's replies of 18 Dec 2020, 6 Aug 2021 and 6 Jun 2022, 9 Jun 2021 additional notice, 2 Mar 2022 suspension for Russians and Belarusians, 6 Apr 2022 reasoned opinion), parties' arguments, findings and costs. The fee and cap figures repeat L.N. 437 of 2020 and are already in program_terms and events from that source, so not repeated. Added: events for the 1 Apr 2020 Commission letter, the 28 Jul 2020 act and the 21 Mar 2023 filing (other dates already in events). Malta's procedural replies and the hearing date are court procedure, not programme changes. No statistics. For decision: para 36 also lists ten nationalities still excluded from the 2020 scheme (Afghanistan, DR Congo, Iran, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen); the existing 2022-03-02 event (same source) could mention this in its description.