Austria is objecting to comparisons made by the Maltese government to justify the recently enacted law to sell passports to non-EU citizens.
“By no stretch of the imagination can Maltese politicians cite the situation in Austria to justify the Maltese scheme,” a senior diplomat at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Vienna said, taking exception to various comments made by government officials, including Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, that Austria already has a similar programme to Malta’s.
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