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Lobbying – L-MEP u Int – Prog 136
Lobbying is discussed in this week’s L-MEP U INT programme. This subject was and still is the headline news all over Europe and especially in Malta following the resignation of the European Union Commissioner John Dalli. In this programme Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna elaborates on the concept of lobbying, its legality, how it works…
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Il-‘Lobbying’
F’dawn l-aħħar jiem l-Unjoni Ewropea u partikularment Malta nħasdet mhux ftit bl-aħbar xejn mistennija tar-riżenja tal-Kummissarju tas-Saħħa u l-Konsumatur John Dalli. Inkun prużuntuż li nidħol fil-merti tal-akkuża jew riżenja. Pero’ s’issa smajt biżżejjed biex nikkonkludi li daqskemm kien hemm allegatament irregolaritajiet minn naħa tal-Kummissarju daqshekk ieħor hemm irregolaritajiet u mistoqsijiet minn naħa tal-investigazzjoni. Dan qed…
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Laqgħa ta’ Diskussjoni – EJJA U STAQSI – Il-Ġimgħa, 26 t’Ottubru – Birkirkara
‘Id-dejn huwa l-kawża prinċipali tal-kriżi finanzjarja li jinsabu fija. l-Greċja, l-Italja, Spanja u l-Irlanda. Hawn f’pajjiżna rridu naħdmu bla heda biex inwaqfu d-dejn nazzjonali milli jkompli jikber.’ Dan qalu l-Ewroparlamentari Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna meta indirizza laqgħa pubblika ‘Ejja u Saqsi’ nhar il-Ġimgħa 26 ta’ Ottubru f’Birkirkara. Huwa tkellem ukoll dwar l-esperjenza pożittiva li kellu…
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Who should be nominated as the new Commissioner?
“I am very disappointed with the current debate with regards to a substitute Commissioner to take up Dalli’s place. In spite of the serious blow Malta has been dealt with I feel we are still playing petty parochial politics. The issue is not whether the new Maltese Commissioner should be Labour or Nationalist leaning, or…
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Iktar riflessjonijiet fuq il-Laqgħat ta’ Tokyo
Issa li l-laqgħat tal-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali u tal-Bank Dinji li saru f”Tokyo din is-sena ġew u marru, ikun siewi li wieħed jaqsam mal-qarrejja ta’ dan il-ġurnal xi riflessjonijiet dwar x’ħareġ sew minn dawn il-laqgħat. Nibda biex ngħid li l-atmosfera f’dawn il-laqgħat kienet sobrija u mċajpra għall-aħħar, li bl-ingliż nsejħulha gloomy. Tgħiduli għaliex? Għaliex meta din…
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Laqgħa ta’ Diskussjoni – EJJA U STAQSI – Il-Ġimgħa, 19 t’Ottubru – Aida Hall, Żurrieq
‘I managed to convince the Eurostat Statistics Committee that small Member States like Malta should be included in all reports and studies. Till now Malta and other small EU Member States were being excluded from these studies and reports because of lack of resources’, Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna stated when addressing a public meeting,…
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Reflections on the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings – L-MEP u Int – Prog 135
In this week’s programme ‘L-MEP u Int’, Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna looks back and expresses his views on the IMF – World Bank Group Annual Meetings held in Tokyo which he attended last week. He said that the focus of these meetings was the ongoing financial and economic crisis. Professor Scicluna said that…
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European Single Market: Discerning the Opportunities and Challenges for Maltese Business
Labour MEP Prof. Edward Scicluna was invited to a half-day conference on Tuesday 16th October entitled ‘European Single Market: Discerning the Opportunities and Challenges for Maltese Business’, organised by the Malta Business Bureau (MBB) and the European Commission Representation in Malta as part of this year’s Single Market Week activities. [nggallery id=102] – Tuesday, 16th October, 2012…
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Naxxar locals give animal circus the thumbs down
Naxxar residents are up in arms and petitioning to have a planned animal circus relocated out of their locality. At least 70 residents of St Paul, Garden, Ship Wreck, Jesuits and Marquis Ġużeppi Scicluna streets, including Labour MEP Edward Scicluna, have signed a petition that is being sent to the local council and the…
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Iż-Żona Ewro taħt skrutinju f’Tokyo
Il-laqgħat annwali tal-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali, l-IMF u l-Bank Dinji huma bħal mekka u jirnexxilhom jiġbdu lejhom, qishom b’ritwal, eluf ta’ uffiċjali għolja ta’ ħafna istituzzjonijiet u aġenziji finanzjarji u regolatorji, kif ukoll ministri tal-finanzi, gvernaturi tal-bankek ċentrali u esperti ekonomiċi oħra minn madwar id-dinja. Għal dawn l-aħħar ħmistax-il sena irnexxieli nattendihom kollha taħt kappel jew…