No big deal. With the EU, the economics of Malta being part of the EU
wouldn't be radically different whether or not it was British. With
devolution, its admission as a devolved territory would be irrelevant. The
big deal of the 1950s would appear 50 years later to be a "mountain out of
a molehill".
Daniel Titley (d.titley@bigfoot.com) wrote:
: In 1955 the British government offered to integrate Malta into the
: United Kingdom. Under the proposals Malta would elect MPs to the UK
: parliament in London, but would retain a large measure of local self
: government.
: This proposal was accepted by a referendum in 1956; but because of a
: referendum boycott by the Maltese Nationalist Party, disputes over
: funding and various other reasons integration happened. Malta
: eventually became independent in 1964.
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Malta
: What if the referendum had been accepted, the other problems were
: solved, and Malta became part the United Kingdom?
: How well would the union work? What effect would it have on the
: political, cultural and economic development of both countries?
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