EU28 Member States granted citizenship to almost 820,000 persons in 2012
According to EUROSTAT, EU28 Member States granted citizenship to almost 820,000 persons in 2014, a total figure up by 4% compared to 2012. Read the Eurostat news release.
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UK: Alleged extremist stripped of citizenship appeals to Supreme Court
A Muslim convert, stripped of his British citizenship because of alleged extremism in 2011, is appealing to the Supreme Court that he has been left stateless. Read the news report in BBC News and access our current Forum Debate on Read More …
The EU Court of Justice delivered a judgment with far reaching implications on free movements and social benefits of economically inactive EU citizens
In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that economically inactive EU citizens who go to another Member State solely in order to obtain social assistance may be excluded from certain social benefits. Read the Read More …
Malta: First passports granted under the controversial Individual Investor Programme
Read the news report in the Times of Malta and consult the EUDO CITIZENSHIP Forum Debate ‘Should Citizenship be for Sale‘?
Lithuanian President supports referendum on dual citizenship
The President of Lithuania recently declared that he was in favour of organising a referendum on dual citizenship, following recent news reports that a number of Lithuanian expatriates were being stripped of their citizenship after having acquired a foreign nationality. Read More …
Tunisian elections: From the Assembly of the Revolution to the Assembly of the Restoration
By Stéphanie Pouessel (Jean Monnet Fellow, EUI) A key symbol of the democratic turn, the new Tunisian Constitution passed in January 2014 acknowledges the role of Tunisians living abroad, who represent about 10% of the population. Two articles Read More …
Iceland adopts procedural amendments to the Citizenship Act
By Thorbjorn Bjornsson The Althing (the Icelandic Parliament), on 27 December 2013, adopted Act no. 145/2013 on the Amendment of Various Acts Due to the Assignment of Tasks from the Ministry of Interior to District Commissioners and Specialised Agencies (hereafter, the Read More …
Investors find a warmer welcome in Europe
The Wall Street Journal reports on the growing trend in Europe of granting residency status – and in some instances, citizenship – to foreign investors. Read the news report in The Wall Street Journal and download the EUDO CITIZENSHIP Working Read More …
The Immigrant Inclusion Index (IMIX): A Tool for Assessing the Electoral Inclusiveness of Democracies with Respect to Immigrants
The paper develops the nucleus of a quantitative tool for the comparative assessment of democracies with respect to the electoral inclusion of immigrants (IMIX). The IMIX is then systematically applied to 22 European democracies. The results make clear that the Read More …
Facilitated naturalisation of ethnic Bulgarians seems very lucrative business.
By EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Vesco Paskalev According to an investigation published in the Bulgarian weekly “Capital”, facilitated naturalisation of persons claiming Bulgarian origin from the neighbouring states is rampant with corruption. As a matter of law citizenship is granted Read More …