There is no meeting scheduled between Vice-President Reding and Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, a spokesperson for Commissioner Reding told this paper.
In a press release issued last Friday, the government announced that ‘discussions between the government and the Commission regarding the citizenship programme (IIP) had begun.
No further information was given as to with whom and at what level these discussions are taking place.
The Commissioner’s spokesperson told this paper: “The European Commission is in close contact with the Maltese authorities.”
Last week, a spokeswoman for Ms Reding told the BBC "we are in talks, but it does not mean launching infringement proceedings [against Malta]".
"It is always the case that we give a member state a chance to outline, clarify its position and respond to Commission concerns."
The spokeswoman said Ms Reding's primary concern was that an applicant for citizenship should have "a genuine link to the country" - not just the ability to pay.
"We are not prescribing - we are open to clarifications from the Maltese authorities," she told the BBC.
Meanwhile, another Commissioner is due to visit Malta this week. He is Maroš Šefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission who is due to meet government officials and to speak at a public event.
Mr Šefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, will be participating in a Public Dialogue being organised by the Malta-EU Steering and Action Committee and the Ministry for European Affairs.
This Public Dialogue, entitled “Back to the F(EU)ture – Lessons from Europe’s past to help make a better future”, will be held on Friday, January 31, at 10am, at the Aula Magna, University of Malta, Valletta.
Meanwhile, a Maltese person who has been living and working in the Caribbean for a number of years, wrote in to this paper in relation to the mention that is being made of the attitude of Caribbean states to citizenship schemes: “”I have been working in Bermuda for over a year and although Bermuda is not in the Caribbean I have had the opportunity to deal with various Caribbean islands.
“You would be surprised to know that all the investment passport programmes involve real investment in job creation projects and all islands here depend on relations with USA and Canada. As such all programmes have all been cleared with the US and Canadian authorities before being implemented.
“On another note some countries here have a high level of governance standards. One such example is that all chairmen and board members of public authorities have to be cleared by a House of Representatives special committee.
“In the case of Bermuda it is made up of Minister of Telecoms, Minister of Justice, Minister of a Finance and Leader of the Opposition.”