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1/ Member States' powers to remove nationality are limited by EU law, but not extinguished. The one relevant judgment to date says that Member States can withdraw nationality due to deception, being in the 'public interest': curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
2/ The implication is that other public interest grounds might be possible. The CJEU also said that removal had to be proportionate and subject to judicial review. A second judgment on this issue is due on March 12th: curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.js…
3/ Finally, it's useful to observe that the UK Supreme Court in Pham, while not deciding the EU law point, was quite critical of the way the CJEU had brought deprivation of nationality within the scope of EU law: supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks… //
