There has been a 200 percent rise in applications for Golden Visas in Spain from U.S. citizens with Spain set to phase out the residence for investment scheme next month. Reports this morning suggested that there had been a "sudden scramble" from the U.S. as the countdown to the end of the scheme gets underway.
While the majority of U.S. citizens moving to Spain say that they are searching for a new life politics is an issue with Donald Trump´s election victory being partly blamed. American super-star Richard Gere, who recently set-up home in Madrid told a Spanish audience that these were "dark days" in the U.S. and labelled the U.S. President as a "bully and a thug."
The Golden Visa programme in Spain has proved hugely successful allowing hundreds of Britons and Americans to settle here with few problems. The purchase of a home is enough to secure the visa but the Spanish government decided to scrap the scheme because of the pressures on the housing market.
Since the announcement demand for Golden visas in Portugal and Greece has risen dramatically with some saying that Spain had effectively scored an own goal and was closing a loop hole which allowed rich non European Union citizens to move to Spain with few paperwork problems in return for a sizeable home investment.
They very public spat between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday night may further add to the desire of some U.S. citizens to move elsewhere. The Democrats, who lost the election to Trump´s Republican Party, said that they understood why some Americans were moving elsewhere.
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TawnyLike all conspiracy theorists you are not as clever as you think you are. Just because people won't fall for a con man like Trump does not mean that they support the other side, believe what they read in the MSM etc. Trump is a crook, a fraud, a criminal and a sex pest But if it makes you feel clever you carry on being conned by him.
TawnySo if politics is a mugs game and a circus how do you propose we run our local councils, our states and counties, our countries. Do we go for an anarchic free for all ? or perhaps one man saying and everyone else doing. Please enlighten us to a better way to encourage, develop and control human populations.
TawnyWow. You seem nice. Maybe you should do politics. Then your rantings might sound less frantic.
Zoltan TeglasOh Zoltan, Zoltan! (Sigh)! And just who are these fact checkers?! Where do they come from!? Who's payroll are they on!? I cannot believe you fell for the "fact checker" BS! Next you will be telling me you believe debunking, discrediting and fake news alerts!!!! Such a shame.
Justin FlationAt last! Some sense spoken!
Matthew RileyOh give up Matty boy with your desperate mission to infect more small minds with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). You are soooo typical of leftard libtards! You assume that any of us who do not agree with the mainstream narrative must be Trumpists!!! The same way that anyone who sympathises with Palestine must be pro-Hammas and anti-semitic! Which in itself is "poppycock" as Palestinians are semites!!!! Lol lol lol. I repeat my usual script that I do not "do" politics - its a mug's game for people that are simply too stupid to realise it is a circus! I can't believe how the masses still don't see this! But dumb and brainwashed people lose their critical thinking skills in the process. If they see it on the tellyscreen thing, or in the Daily Mail or NY Times, then it must be true! Monkey see, monkey do! And the world's full of monkeys! Yikes, better be careful or you'll be saying I'm a racist next!!!!
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Wildwood..."when they should be talking about ending War forever". That's a pleasant thought. One that has largely been embraced by Europe since the end of WWII. For obvious reasons. The problem with that thinking today is that it requires all sides to agree to that principle. While there's plenty of evidence that at least one side would very much be prepared to embrace that ideal (and for decades, was depending on it), there's little evidence to suggest that others involved would be willing to embrace it at all. Particularly now that a purely "transactional" and "extortional" model has been adopted by others.
Agreed. Interesting, lively thread. A nice admixture of differing opinions, no calls to violence, some mudslinging, and admittedly, some trolling. Lol. Notably, it is bad form to equate a personal negative perception of one personhood as an unwavering support for another who may be adversarial to the former. As well, when haphazardly tossing around severe terms to denigrate a particular figurehead, while ignoring or omitting pertinent details which may have given sway to an oppositional tone or posture or course that that figurehead is determined to abide. For example - he is a stupid fascist, dictator, literally hitler, when in fact, the Azov Battalion, with their SS rune insignia and swastika emblazoned Ukraine flags, were actively ethnically cleansing the Donbass well before Putin invaded. They are actual real deal notsees; and there is still today a statue of their idealogue figurehead standing prominent in Lvov. Now here´s a thought! What would have happened pre-invasion if Ukraine had no military capability at all? Answer: everyone who is now dead or displaced would not be. Same goes for Russia. All of Europe is aflame about the need to arm-up and prepare for War, when they should be talking about ending War forever.
I don’t like Trump, but I do support many (not all) of his policies he has put forward. I see a lot of emotional reactions about the way he talks/acts, which are fair. Things could be communicated differently, but we all know he’s not going to change this. Unfortunately, this makes people completely irrational and 100% against ANYTHING he’s for. I support Ukraine and wish for their independence. I’m opposed strongly to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I would also oppose a never ending war that my country would have to finance, especially if things weren’t great at home. Of course the never Trump crowd jumps on this as Putin owns him. Just like stronger immigration policies/vetting is racist. Or anyone who isn’t politically aligned with your side is a nazi. There’s no rationale thinking, it’s just easier come up with a reason to continue hating the person.