Comments on: Spain’s leading newspaper, El Pais, last Saturday: ‘Malta is selling passports’

By: Gervazio Degan

Gervazio Degan — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:02:28 +0000

In reply to viva n nort koreja. Unfortunately this statement does not apply to Argentina only, but to all countries of latin américa (Brazil specifically, that is actually comanded by a terrorist) africa and countries of other continents with extremely corrupt governments.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:10:20 +0000

In reply to Gaetano Pace. ...and if you stay here , your chances to get hold of a passport diminish.

By: Gaetano Pace

Gaetano Pace — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:17:02 +0000

Have we forgotten that Muscat’s Labour Party are the champions of meritocracy? It simply translates as “rich men can have citizenship while poor men can’t.”

By: viva n nort koreja

viva n nort koreja — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:57:45 +0000

“Como el resto de los malteses, la familia Gomez (sin tilde, a la inglesa) Blanco echa espuma por la boca hablando de la nueva ley de ciudadanía del país…”

“Just like the rest of the Maltese, the Gomez (no accent, spelt in English) Blanco family frothing at the mouth talking about the country’s new citizenship law…”

This Maltese family whose surname is Gomez Blanco really are being painted as emblematic of the typical xenophobic Maltese family:

“¡Es una vergüenza! Vender la nacionalidad mientras siguen entrando negros y árabes, cientos y cientos de inmigrantes cada día, este país no da más de sí…”

“Los negros todavía… pero a los musulmanes no deberían dejarles entrar, lo único que quieren es introducirse en Europa y convertirnos”.

“It is shameful! Selling citizenship whilst the blacks and Arabs just keep coming, hundreds upon hundreds every day, this country just keeps saying yes…”

“Blacks are ok for now…but they should not let in Muslims; all they want is to come to Europe and convert us”

El País really is painting a pretty picture of us now aren’t they?

And finally, an interesting comment:

olgaromanov

¡ Qué buena oportunidad para los funcionarios del decrépito y corrupto gobierno Kirchner en Argentina para obtener una ciudadanía lejos de los Tribunales !

‘What a golden opportunity for the bureaucrats of the decrepit and corrupt Kirchner government of Argentina to obtain citizenship far away from the courts’.

By: Peritocracy

Peritocracy — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 13:12:36 +0000

In reply to La Redoute. What shall we call the show? Survivor Island?

By: Spock

Spock — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 03:35:17 +0000

In reply to Alexander Ball. Manuel Mallia

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 23:22:04 +0000

So the international media still thinks that Muscat’s Mark II scheme is a SALE of citizenship and passports for cash.

Time for the marketing team to start working on Mark III.

By: Angus Black

Angus Black — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:41:22 +0000

The paper should be advised that its story is a tad off.

“The island is granting citizenship for 1.15 million euros. The island is granting citizenship for 1.15 million euros, to adjust its budgets without raising taxes”. That statement is wrong on two counts. 1) Malta is NOT granting citizenship – it is SELLING citizenship, and 2) Malta is not selling citizenship ‘to adjust its budgets without raising taxes’. 72 million in new taxes will start rolling in as of tomorrow already.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:15:37 +0000

In reply to Alexander Ball. Zeppo stands for Joseph.

By: Kevin Zammit

Kevin Zammit — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:10:50 +0000

Again everybody getting it wrong, the minimum that someone can spend will be 650,000+150,000+16,000x5years hence 880,000 not 1.15 million as stated. Proveded that they opt to rent a property not buy one.