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Jimmy Carter, Joe Clark u l-UE
X’hemm komuni bejn l-eks-President Amerikan Jimmy Carter, l-eks-Prim Ministru Kanadiż Joe Clark u l-Unjoni Ewropea? Ilkoll huma involuti bis-sħiħ f’pajjiżi tat-tielet dinja biex isaħħu d-demokrazija f’dawn il-pajjiżi. L-ewwel nett billi jmexxu missjonijiet kbar waqt iż-żminijiet tal-elezzjonijiet Presidenzjali jew Parlamentari, kif ukoll drabi oħrajn billi jgħinu fit-tisħiħ tar-rispett lejn prattiċi demokratiċi, isolvu konflitti u jaħdmu għall-paċi.…
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Edward Scicluna addresses High Level International Election Observation Meeting
Labour MEP Edward Scicluna was one of the invited High Level Panelists at the Annual Follow-Up Meeting on the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation held in Brussels between the 4th and 6th October 2011. This was the first time that the event has been hosted by the European Union (EU) and included the…
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Il-Kummissjoni mitluba twieġeb
Il-Kummissjoni mitluba twieġeb Fil-bidu ta’ Settembru li għadda l-Kummissjoni Ewropea wieġbet Mistoqsija Parlamentari li kont għamilt f’Lulju ta’ qabel dwar il-fondi tal-politika ta’ koeżjoni għal Malta mill-Unjoni Ewropea. Fl-istess jiem għamilt Mistoqsija Parlamentari oħra, fir-rigward tad-deċiżjoni li tinqata’ l-provvista tad-dawl u l-ilma lil min ma jħallasx il-kontijiet dovuti u riċentement dwar l-aħbar li kupuni mogħtijin…
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Laqgħa mal-komunità Maltija f’Toronto
Ħadt l-okkażjoni biex fi triqti lejn Washington għal-laqgħa tal-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali u tal-Bank Dinji ta’ tmiem il-ġimgħa li għaddiet, inżur il-komunità Maltija f’Toronto. Kienet okkażjoni li ġabitli nostalġija u li ħaditni lura għas-snin 70 u 80 meta kont qed nistudja hemmhekk. Ħadt gost immens bil-laqgħa li kelli mal-komunità Maltija, laqgħa li saret fil-post tal-Malta Band…
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Il-laqgħa tal-IMF u l-Bank Dinji
Ktibt l-artiklu ta’ din il-ġimgħa f’Washington, fejn attendejt għal-laqgħa internazzjonali tal-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali (IMF) u tal-Bank Dinji. Avveniment annwali li għal dawn l-aħħar 15-il sena dejjem għamilt ħilti biex ma nitilfux. Avveniment li jġibek wiċċ imb wiċċ mal-mexxejja ekonomiċi u finanzjarji tad-dinja. S’intendi il-laqgħat li jkollok jiddependu mill-kappell li tkun liebes meta tattendi. Bħala akkademiku…
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Scicluna calls on Commission to investigate Maltese energy poverty
Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna has called on the European Commission to investigate revelations that Maltese families entitled to social support are being denied energy coupons to help meet their electricity bills unless they can pay their bills in full. Prof Scicluna said: “Energy poverty in Malta is a serious problem that is getting worse.…
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Moody’s report refutes government spin on Malta’s economy
Labour MEP Prof. Edward Scicluna said in a statement issued on Saturday, September 17, 2011, that the government’s attempts to blame the credit rating downgrade by Moody’s solely on the eurozone crisis had been flatly refuted by the agency’s report on Malta’s economy. Commenting, Prof Scicluna said: “The government’s apologetic response to Moody’s downgrade is…
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Żewġ kriżi b’soluzzjoni waħda
L-Unjoni Ewropea bħalissa għandha sfida kbira quddiemha. Trid tagħraf tieqaf kontra t-tnaqqir tal-prinċipju tas-solidarjetà fi ħdanha u fl-istess ħin tieqaf ukoll kontra t-tkattir tal-egoiżmu. U dan fi żmien diffiċli. Fi żmien ta’ kriżi. Hekk ukoll kien ġara fis-Snin Tletin meta d-dinja kienet inħakmet minn dipressjoni ekonomika kbira. Jekk għal xejn, l-istorja qiegħda hemm biex nitgħallmu…
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Malta’s struggle with debt is major cause for concern – economists
Prof. Edward Scicluna believes that in spite of Malta’s short term satisfactory economic growth, the future is not as bright, not just because of projected sluggish external demand, but because our low investment ratios will put a cap on our potential growth for the future. Prof. Scicluna’s opinion was quoted by maltatoday journalist Matthew Vella,…
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Malta hit worse by financial crisis than believed
A report carried by The Sunday Times (11/09/2011) titled Malta hit worse by financial crisis than believed, quoted Prof. Edward Scicluna “that Malta’s economy in 2009 shrunk by 3.4 per cent, not two per cent as was originally reported by the National Statistics Office…….all the hype about Malta having avoided the impact of the economic…