EU Court

  • The controversial system allowing foreigners to effectively buy EU citizenship has raised security concerns – but a legal opinion issued Friday may offer a reprieve. Malta’s controversial golden passport scheme, allowing foreigners to purchase EU citizenship in exchange for investing upwards of €690,000, could be offered a legal reprieve following an opinion produced for the…

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  • EU’s apex court condemns Romania for violating transgender man’s rights

    Refusal to recognise a change of gender legally undertaken in another member state violates the rights of EU citizens, the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice ruled today. Refusing to recognise a citizen’s change of first name and gender legally acquired in another member state is contrary to EU law and constitutes an obstacle to the…

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  • Chipmaker Intel scored a decisive legal victory Wednesday in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after a court reversed itself and threw out a billion-euro antitrust fine issued more than a decade ago. The EU’s General Court annulled the 1.06 billion euro fine ($1.43 billion at current exchange rates) that competition regulators issued…

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