Pro-Erdogan demonstrations in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium; Terrorist attacks in Germany and France. Against the background of these events representatives of conservative parties throughout Europe have questioned dual citizenship. In Germany, Jens Spahn from the Christian Democrats was Read More …
After demonstrations by supporters of Turkey’s president Erdogan against the attempted military coup in Turkey, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, as well as spokespersons of the Conservative Party and one Green Party MP demanded stricter controls or higher penalties to Read More …
After the decision of the UK to leave the EU, an increasing number of British citizens have applied for Irish citizenship to secure the status of EU citizenship. Compared to the period between January and July 2015, the number of Read More …
Malta’s much debated Individual Investor Programme (IIP), introduced in 2014, has already seen some drawbacks from the recent decision of the citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) that they no longer wish their country to continue being an European Union Read More …
On 22 June 2016 the Romanian Constitutional Court found that the Law on the status of local elected officials, which allowed elected officials with suspended prison sentence to keep office, was unconstitutional. The Court acted upon a referral from the Read More …
Only 31.2 per cent of 2,359 foreign nationals who took the new Danish citizenship test in June passed. The test has been criticised for its heavy emphasis on history, as well as for questions such as which Danish restaurant has Read More …
By Jelena Dzankic, EUDO CITIZENSHIP On 23 June, the United Kingdom (UK) held a referendum on whether the country should remain a member of or withdraw from the European Union (EU). A total of 51.9 per cent of citizens, at Read More …
The Swiss parliament is considering legislation seeking to facilitate naturalisation of the third immigrant generation. The proposed changes do not include an automatic ius soli. Instead, instead socialisation conditions apply, an age condition (linked to military service) and a permanent Read More …
As of April 2016, a total of 143 applicants for Malta’s Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) have completed the process. The revenue for the country’s government from property purchase through the programme amounted to 25.5 million euros, 12.3 million from rentals, Read More …
The UK High Court has ruled in the case Harry Shindler MBE, Jacquelyn MacLennan -v- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs that Section 2 of the EU Referendum Act 2015 does not Read More …
