On Wednesday 13 March, the Member States approved the EU Council’s draft mandate on the suspension of visa-free travel for stays of less than 3 months granted to third country nationals whose subsequent stay in the EU would be irregular or pose security problems (see EUROPE B13274A1).
The EU grants 61 regimes of this type. The Commission proposed a new Regulation in October to address the risks posed by a number of visa-exempt third countries with citizenship-by-investment programmes or...