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from Part III - Citizenship
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2021
The Maltese 2014 citizenship by investment program (CIP) was considered by both politicians and scholars equivalent to ‘selling’ the core status of the European Union (EU), and therefore was received with strong criticism: ‘Programs corrupt democracy’, ‘they undermine citizenship’, and ‘CIPs increase global inequality’ are some of the critiques that the several articles published on the topic have raised. However, despite the attention obtained in the academia, no method has been suggested yet to assess the legitimacy of this kind of programs that currently exist all over the world. The purpose of this chapter is to fill this gap by suggesting some methods to assess the legitimacy of CIPs. The starting point will be a distinction between the common meanings of the term ‘legitimacy’. The aim is to set the scene for a more in-depth debate as well as to prove that actors participating in the current discussion may be running the risk of talking past each other. This chapter presents a way to reduce this risk by arguing for applying the methods assessing legitimacy as tantamount to lawfulness.
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