Romanian authorities have notified the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of the retrospective application of Romania’s new citizenship law, which extended the timeframe for processing applications from five months to two years, with the possibility of extending it for another six months, Logos Press reports.

According to the Romanian prosecutor’s office, more than 1,700 people born in Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet Union member states fictitiously established their residence within the population registration service in order to obtain Romanian citizenship between 2023 and 2024,” Logos Press reported.
