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INTERVIEW | UGLOBAL访谈
MALTA’S PRIME MINISTER JOSEPH
MUSCAT: “IT’S A COMMITMENT YOU
ARE MAKING AND NOT SIMPLY A
BUSINESS TRANSACTION”
马耳他总理Joseph Muscat: “参与该项目不单单是一
种商业交易, 还是一种承诺”
BY / MARIE EKBERG PADILLA, UGLOBAL IMMIGRATION MAGAZINE
撰稿人 / 玛瑞•艾克博格•巴第拉 ,《Uglobal移民》杂志编辑团队
Prime Minister Muscat shares his vision about
his country’s investment immigration and how the
program stands out among the growing field of
global CBI offerings.
A
马耳他投资移民项目未来发展何在？项目如何在不
断发展的全球投资移民项目中脱颖而出？马耳他总
理Muscat分享了他的洞见。
s the leader of the Republic of Malta, Prime
Minister Joseph Muscat took office in 2013 and
helped direct the Mediterranean island’s launch of its
Malta Individual Investor Program (MIIP) in 2014. 作为马耳他共和国领导人, 总理Joseph Muscat于
2013年上任, 对这个地中海岛国的投资移民项目
(马耳他个人投资者计划, MIIP) 在2014年的推出起
到了指导的作用。
The program, which Muscat describes as “the Ferrari
of this world’s programs,” is the first investment
citizenship program to be recognized by the European
Commission. 马耳他项目是首个被欧盟委员会认可的投资移民项
目, Muscat形容其为“全球项目中的法拉利”。
For a donation of 650,000 euros in addition to a
150,000 investment in stocks or bonds along with a
350,000 property purchase, successful applicants
can become citizens and earn the right to live,
work and study in any of the 28 European Union
destinations plus Switzerland and travel visa-free to
182 destinations.
Muscat has earned a Doctorate of Philosophy
in Management Research from the University of
Bristol with a thesis on Fordism, multinationals and
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Malta. He also
holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and
Public Policy, a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Public
Policy and a Master of Arts in European Studies from
the University of Malta.
Muscat was elected as the leader of the Partit
Laburista in June of 2008 and elected Prime Minister
five years later. Under his leadership, he brought
together a national consensus for economic growth,
based on a restructured Maltese economy. This
投资人进行65万欧元的捐款、15万欧元的股票或证
券投资以及35万欧元的房地产投资, 即有资格申请
项目并成为马耳他公民, 获得在欧盟28个成员国和
瑞典自由居住、工作和学习的机会, 还能实现对全
球182个国家的免签旅行。
Muscat从布里斯托大学获得了管理研究博士学位，
专门研究马耳他的福特制、跨国和中小型企业。
他还持有马耳他大学的管理与公共政策学士学位、
公共政策荣誉学士学位和欧洲研究硕士学位。
Muscat于2008年6月获选成为马耳他工党领袖, 五
年后成为马耳他总理。
在他的领导下, 马耳他各方就经济重建与发展达成
了共识, 实现了超过百分之六的经济增长, 财政赤字
的消除以及失业率的下降。
包括上述原因在内的众多因素推动马耳他成为对金
融服务、线上博彩、信息技术、海事和航空运输等
外国直接投资极具吸引力的国家。
Muscat总理在2017年上半年领导马耳他担任欧