The Mediterranean microstate examined: Malta — the retirement programme's 15% remittance tax, English as an official language, EU membership

The unfashionable heavyweight: France — the long-stay visitor visa's accessible bar, PUMA healthcare that embarrasses the private-insurance

The romance audited: Italy — the elective residence visa's real bar, the 7% southern-villages regime that makes the Mezzogiorno a tax strate

The Aegean retirement examined: Greece — the financially-independent-person visa, the 7% flat-tax regime that quietly beats its neighbours,