On the agenda: College of Commissioners’ agenda, passport schemes.
On the podium: Commission chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas.
Passports schemes: The Commission is monitoring EU countries that set up schemes allowing non-EU citizens to get passports in exchange for money/investment/property purchases, but it is up to national capitals to decide who can get a passport, Schinas said. He was responding to media reports that Cypriot authorities had generated €4 billion in investment since 2013 after giving passports to Russian and Ukrainian businessmen.
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Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
