Malta Independent 14/07/2014: Within the space of a year, the government has leveraged Malta’s status
as a member of the European Union to its advantage on at least two
memorable occasions that will undoubtedly go down in the annals of
history: when it devised its oft-maligned citizenship by investment
programme and, this week, when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with China.
In the first instance, Malta leveraged the weight of its EU membership
to attract wealthy individuals who for one reason or another are looking
to settle in Europe or gain European citizenship and all that comes
with it. This issue has bee...read on.