Comments on: In the Austrian press: “It is usual to have people who are for or against the EU, but people who see the EU as a product for sale is something totally new.” https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kukkurin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1370028 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:29:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1370028 Die Furche really hit the nail on the head here. The blatant citizenship for sale programme is an outright abuse of sovereign rights made so much worse by the fact that Malta is cashing in on well beyond its own citizenship.

The question is: is EU citizenship in Malta’s power to bequeath? As far as I know ‘nemo dat quod non habet’ – one cannot give good title to what one does not own.

This scheme, concocted by a wily administration paying homage to the letter but certainly not the spirit of the law, thereby taking advantage of a loophole, is surely not going to stop here but will be placed firmly and urgently on the EU agenda where it squarely belongs.

[Daphne – Hardly wily. A truly wily person would have had the intelligence to foresee the fall-out. After all, most of us did here, and we could hardly be classed as wily, but merely informed and with a bit of insight and foresight. But these are people who campaigned against EU membership, remember, because they thought it would be bad for Malta.]

]]> By: Not Henley and Partners https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1369907 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:50:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1369907 http://www.chogm2013.lk/files/2613/8452/5871/The_Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting_CHOGM_2013_Opening_Ceremony_slider02.jpg

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367972 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:52:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367972 The material in the link below is from a few weeks back, but it is all the more relevant now in the light of the confirmation by the international media of the true susbtance of Joseph Muscat’s “Individual Investor Program” scheme.

It is an article by Alfred Mifsud in The Malta Independent, in which Mifsud endorses Muscat’s scheme. So much for his sense of judgement.

It must be highlighted that Mifsud is likely to become a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Malta. Does that mean that he will also be an officer of the European Central Bank?

http://www.independent.com.mt/mobile/2013-11-03/opinions/selling-the-brand-3074981892/

]]> By: Jonathan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367589 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:03:17 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367589 In recent weeks I have noticed that Air Malta is carrying a few copies of L-Orizzont.

This happened on my last 3 or 4 flights. I hadn’t seen a Maltese language paper on Air Malta for a long time. So is this a new policy to carry L-Orizzont? Is it Air Malta’s way of throwing some cash Labour’s way? Needless to say I didn’t see any copies of Nazzjon.

]]> By: Me https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367517 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:03:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367517 http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/MT Yours is currently the 6th most popular Maltese site.

]]> By: Daffid https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367374 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:20:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367374 In reality, while it was the Prime Minister that spearheaded this initiative and, it seems, so far grossly miscalculated its impact, it is in fact every single member of the government side, even those who had qualms about voting for the bill but did not, that bear the responsibility for the damage they have done to our once proud country.

Let they be named and remembered in history as the people who sold Malta’s citizenship for a handful of silver.

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367356 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:11:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367356 http://www.maltarightnow.com/?module=news&at=%27%27Din+l%2Diskema+tmur+kontra+l%2Dprin%26%23267%3Bipji+tal%2DUE%27%27+%2D+il%2DKap+tad%2DDelegazzjoni+Olandi%26%23380%3Ba+fil%2DPE&t=a&aid=99852193&cid=50

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-11-15/news/no-nation-can-afford-to-sell-citizenship-former-us-ambassador-3200548864/

]]> By: mm https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367355 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:10:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367355 My name is Joseph Muscat and I am your Prime Minister

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/537339_552267334848766_580617187_n.jpg

]]> By: Dave https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367238 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:07:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367238 Glad to see that this is a government of continuity – from where it left off in the 80s:

“They attributed parts of the criticism levelled by the international media to the Opposition campaign against the programme saying the Opposition was tarnishing Malta’s reputation abroad.”

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131115/local/citizenship-programme.494819

]]> By: The Observer https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/in-the-austrian-press-it-is-usual-to-have-people-who-are-for-or-against-the-eu-but-people-who-see-the-eu-as-a-product-for-sale-is-something-totally-new/#comment-1367227 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:59:17 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=41060#comment-1367227 And there I thought only the opposition was negative. Finally an article that describes the Prime Minister for what he really is.

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