Fury and Surprise - Lorin-Johannes Wagner on Commission vs. Malta and its Discontents

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The Court of Justice’s judgment in Commission v Malta has created quite some upheaval: The gasping and panting has been clearly discernible in the blogsphere in the wake of the ECJ’s judgment against Malta’s golden passport scheme.

Citizenship specialist Lorin-Johannes Wagner dissects the dogmas and myths of the discontent reactions to ECJ’s judgment against Malta in his article "Fury and Surprise Anchored in Dogmas and Myths" (Verfassungsblog.de). Link to the article below:

Read "Fury and Surprise Anchored in Dogmas and Myths" here: (no paywall!)

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