Headlining on CBC News (Canada’s equivalent to the BBC): ‘Malta to sell citizenships for 650K euros apiece’

So much for those who mocked the MZPN protestors outside parliament, and told them they were wasting their time. It’s their photograph which has made it to almost all the news stories in Malta and worldwide, wiping Muscat right off the page.

The report begins:

Malta’s Parliament has voted to sell its citizenship for 650,000 euros ($915,590 Cdn), granting buyers a coveted passport that allows them into the 28-nation European Union.

Lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party opposed the move and vowed to repeal the law and revoke all the citizenships sold if their party returns to power.