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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the original Malta poster -- sorry I derailed the thread a bit.

Switzerland is truly my fantasy retirement country. It's beautiful every season and the health care system is great. You can get everywhere by train. And the the French, German and Italian regions are all really different.

But it is very difficult to get citizenship and it's not part of the EU. The Swiss are also not very welcoming to outsiders and I'm not sure how strong the ex-pat community is.

The main reason we would consider Malta is EU citizenship. We could even get it for our grown children. We have just started to look into it -- still a bit of a fantasy for us right now. Everyone speaks English, which is great because the Maltese language is challenging. The other challenging thing is that they drive on the British side of the road. I'm sure that we could learn it pretty easily, but it might be hard for friends and family who would visit.[/quote]

Malta recently tightened its rules and no longer grants easily. I've been and it's a nice country but there's not that much too do and islands have a cooped up feel imo (not just Malta) and are more annoying if you want to travel.[/quote]

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