Grenada wants to keep both its citizenship-by-investment programme and visa-free short stays in the Schengen area, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said in remarks reported by NOW Grenada on November 12, 2026. The European Commission is discussing the future of investor citizenship with five Eastern Caribbean countries.
What Brussels is discussing
A European Commission spokesperson told Inter Bellum News on November 12 that the Commission had raised security concerns with the five governments. The spokesperson said talks cover ways to reduce those risks and the eventual phase-out of the programmes, with details still under discussion. The five countries are Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and St Kitts and Nevis.
Reuters reported on October 29 that the EU had asked the governments to respond by November 12 on closing their programmes by June 1, 2028. The Commission did not confirm the reported November deadline in its November 12 response to Inter Bellum News. A July 13 statement from Saint Lucia’s Office of the Prime Minister said participating leaders had agreed to coordinate their talks with Brussels and emphasised the programmes’ role in development funding.
What the talks mean for travellers
The EU–Grenada short-stay agreement provides for visits of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, subject to entry conditions. The EU’s revised suspension mechanism allows an investor citizenship scheme to be grounds for a temporary suspension through a formal process. Citysound found no published decision suspending Grenada’s waiver as of November 13. The reported November date concerned a response to Brussels, and the Commission described the talks as ongoing.
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