Malta’s second decade as a member of the EU looks to be one where the island jurisdiction could outshine. The island’s vision is to lift itself into the upper echelons of the EU, offering an economy that has a buoyant financial services sector; a world leading servicing export segment, and a steadily improving standard of living. By 2018 it will become a European Capital of Culture; by 2017, it will hold its first presidency of the European Union, giving it first-hand access to EU decision making and agenda setting. It is a future of powerful consolation; what will it do with it?

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