The likely accession of Malta to the EU and the present Maltese government's programme of privatisation confront one of Europe's smallest state-owned airlines with a dilemma: what route to choose? Malta's incumbent centre-left Nationalist Party has promised a referendum on EU membership early next year. Opinion polls show a split but also a large number of "don't knows". Ayes vote is expected to result in an early general election with the government confident of victory; a no vote would see the election delayed until the last minute - late this year or early 2004.
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