A 1.5 billion euro annual budget figure circulates in press coverage of the Order with no cited source or methodology. As a sovereign entity the Order is not subject to any national financial regulator, and no public consolidated financial statement was located.
What would resolve this A published consolidated financial statement from the Order itself, for example through its Receiver of the Common Treasure, or independent reporting that traces the 1.5 billion euro figure to a primary source.
OpenInternational sovereignty studies and nonprofit or humanitarian-sector financial journalism.Larry Luxner, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Distinct From Malta Itself, Assists Worlds Poor