You need to be fit, with over eight applicants per post. There are, or were a couple of Maltese citizens in the Legion. One of them was an ex-police officer who got caught selling drugs.

Are you asking whether it is true that Abela had the gall to say those things? The answer is yes.

If you are asking whether the things you mentioned are the truth, then the answer is no.

Apart from finding it quite strange that you should believe a Chinese News Agency, I would suggest that you follow the EP’s debate, where you would hear for yourself that yes, Malta was expressly mentioned, and furthermore, we have learnt from Ms Reding herself that the scheme goes against compliance with EU values as it is. So pray tell, how could the granted citizenships be compliant with EU values?

…or join the French Foreign Legion. But you need balls of steel for that.

Hear, hear.

Alouette, qisu karawetta….

I realised that early on in his term, but I was just being polite and/or diplomatic.

DGatt, Daphne is being kind. You are not just badly misinformed, but need to restart your law degree.

There is no country in the EU in which you can apply – key word here, APPLY – for citizenship simply by virtue of 5 years of residency.

The closest you get is France, but even there, residency is not enough. During those five years you need to have held a job with a permanent contract. In any case, citizenship is at the government’s discretion, and no private company is ever involved in the application process.

Kurt, get to the choppah!

Moral fraud is a legal term for what I call “pimps, crooks and scoundrels”. In U.S. jurisprudence, it is called moral turpitude and defined as: “conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of justice, honesty or good morals.” It is enough to bar the individual from entering U.S. territory, letting alone from granting them a U.S. passport.

The German definition is the same.

In other words, it allows the German government to revoke the passports of shady characters. I’d say it covers any contingency. Clever, these Germans.