Euronews: ‘Malta set to sell citizenships for €650,000 a pop’
This is a story that suggests, by reporting Muscat’s denial, that Malta is on the verge of financial crisis and this is why it has resorted to selling passports for an “exorbitant” €650,000 – hardly exorbitant, when you consider what Russians, Chinese, Azeris and people from former/current Middle East and North African dictatorships can do with an EU passport.
Malta is set to start selling citizenships for the Mediterranean island – at an exorbitant €650,000 a pop.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the scheme, which would give buyers work and residency rights to the European Union, would bring in €30 million in the first year.
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Earlier this year Muscat dismissed fears Malta would become the next country to seek an EU bailout package, saying the economy was growing and debt was under control.
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http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/13/malta-set-to-sell-citizenships-for-650000-a-pop/
Is it not about time we changed this. The Maltese passport is not “for sale” but “ON Sale”
All this damning publicity for a few millions. Il-Labour dejjem jaraw sa mniehirhom.
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Actually it is exorbitant. All those who really need our passport i.e. those fleeing their country cause of persecution (also called illegal immigrants) cannot afford €650K to buy themselves a new citizenship.