Comments on: The two most basic questions which nobody has yet asked Muscat and Mallia

By: William Grech

William Grech — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:51:52 +0000

In reply to Tracy. Home Affairs issues are usually the sole responsibility of the Member States where the EU has very limited say. That is the blight of many a problem, including human trafficking (among others).

By: brian

brian — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:57:29 +0000

Maltese citizenship has a value because the Nationalist Party had the foresight to see the benefits which would accrue should Malta be part of the EU.

The prime salesman of the concept of Maltese Citizenship, Dr. Muscat, campaigned strenuously against.

By: Tarzan

Tarzan — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 21:38:02 +0000

Had Labour included sale of passports in its manifesto, it wouldn’t have made one iota of difference to the election outcome. That’s because too many Labour voters will vote Labour no matter what.

Remember 1987? With Malta pimped by Gaddafi, and our standard of living going to the dogs, still, nearly half of the Maltese voters still wanted the services of KMB for PM for another 5 and a half more years.

By: joseph fenech

joseph fenech — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:06:58 +0000

Can some newspaper commission a scientific opinion poll about this scheme? The Sunday Times used to carry one on various topics nearly every other week before the election.

By: RF

RF — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:02:28 +0000

In reply to Pablo. One can deliver pizzas, mail, even babies but surely not citizenship.

By: wallflower

wallflower — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:07:24 +0000

In reply to Tracy.

I’m curious about this too – what is the EU’s position on this? Don’t they have a say after all? I am not saying they can decide outright to stop the scheme, but I think they can yield power in the form of greater requirements being imposed on potential candidates…

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:46:32 +0000

In reply to Alf. If we restrict ourselves to the EU, Malta is heading towards the same situation in Italy, where journalists are either controlled by the government, or else have to apply a huge amount of auto-censorship.

By: zunzana

zunzana — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:27:46 +0000

You do not need to be rich to have a Maltese passport. Any non EU country wishing to have its men running around all over Europe, may fork out the money for this purpose.

I do not know how Brussels can allow countries to sell passports with no strings attached.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:59:08 +0000

In reply to tinnat.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-11-05/news/no-room-for-immigrants-unless-they-pay-up-3103752193/

By: just me

just me — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:52:59 +0000

The Labour party does not have an electoral mandate to sell passports. Being such an important issue, the only decent thing to do would be to have a referendum about it.

The EU should also not keep silent about it. Those buying a Maltese passport are actually buying a European passport. This is what they are after. If we were to be kicked out of the EU, practically nobody would be interested in buying a Maltese passport.

The EU should make its own due diligence regarding the persons interested in this scheme.