Top comment on the Citizenship-for-sale law

Comment by Andrea DeMarco on facebook:

Malta is for sale. Anybody outside of Europe can now become a Maltese citizen if they have €650,000. That is how 'talent' is judged. Not by open competition, not by free trade. But by being rich.

- No, you do not need to pass a language test as required in Belgium.
- No, you do not need to form office and provide employment as required in Belgium.
- No, you do not have to have lived in the country for 3 years as required in Belgium, or 5 years in Portugal.

In fact, you do not even have to be in the country. You just have to be rich, and anonymous - identity protected by the "liberal" government.

- No, we did not learn from the Canadians after a number of abuses were uncovered.
- No, we do not know the criteria for 'due diligence', whereas they are public in democratic and transparent countries like Canada.
- No, would-be citizens do not have to spend 2/5 years in the country to maintain their citizenship as required in Canada.

In fact the only European country to grant automatic citizenship upon a one-time donation is Austria, which however demands a €10m investment, and not a puny €650,000.

Oh, actually there's another (non-European) country, St Kitts & Nevis - in the Caribbean - one of the nations that France has blacklisted as an offshore tax haven. I'm looking forward to how our trading partners will look onto us now. The Chamber of Commerce has already voiced its heavy concerns.

The people, judging by historically accurate surveys, have said 'No'. In fact only 26% agree with award of citizenship to foreigners paying €650,000. But thanks to our "progressive and liberal" government - who has decided to pass a law that was not part of the electoral mandate and should therefore be passed on to the people in the form of a referendum, this law is now set in stone, as of today.

In the process, the Government has used the police force to try and intimidate a few youngsters who showed up in a quiet line with posters to voice an appeal to the government.

We now have a pimp Government.
A fascist pimp - for rich kerb crawlers.

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