Comments on: Headline in The Financial Times: ‘Malta to defy MEPs and sell passports for €650,000’

By: albona

albona — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:18:50 +0000

They are going to get us, and I dare say the more experienced in parliament already know that. It is Muscat and his henchmen who are oblivious.

Then again maybe they too know and are hoping to be seen as the hardmen who stood up to the big Zionist capitalist EU which, as it happens, is the way many PL supporters think.

Then again, I don’t think the PL are intelligent enough to think more than one step ahead. They will probably end up red-faced and may eventually be visited by the TROIKA. They might be the most high-profile people the citizenship scam attracts to our shores.

By: Ta'sapienza

Ta'sapienza — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:55:43 +0000

In reply to Bubu. Not unless it's a proverbial one. Plenty of dicks there.

By: Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:43:01 +0000

In reply to pablo. This is typical Labour, inherited from their fallen idol Mintoff. Government by crisis.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:05:14 +0000

In reply to ciccio. It's time to move on, FT. The Malta Chamber of Commerce said so.

By: Kukkurin

Kukkurin — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:03:18 +0000

The emphasis is of course on the word ‘defiance’, for which Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will henceforth be remembered in the international fora which in the long run count much more in terms of wealth creation than anything which could be reaped in the short term under the Citizenship scheme.

By: Overseas

Overseas — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:00:25 +0000

The better members of the government will not speak up for fear of being sent to the detention center.

By: Bubu

Bubu — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:39:53 +0000

“Better” members of government? “Better” as in…what?

Quite honestly if I had to choose a “good” member of government I would be quite stuck.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:10:41 +0000

Does the government have any “better members”?

By: ciccio

ciccio — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:50:43 +0000

In reply to albona. "It's time to move on. FT, move over."

By: John Abela

John Abela — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:12:15 +0000

The US government is currently preparing to conduct a re-evaluation/review of the visa waiver programme in Malta.

Although this has to be carried out at five-year intervals in all countries included in the programme due to the changing nature of the legislative framework or risk assessment in each country, the government has already been advised by the US embassy in Malta that the sale of citizenship is of particular interest to the State Department.