Edward Scicluna

Category: Issues

  • Lil hinn mill-Prodott Gross Domestiku

    Lil hinn mill-Prodott Gross Domestiku

    Il-kriżi ekonomika u finanzjarja li għadna fiha bħalissa qegħda timbuttana biex nagħmlu affarijiet li forsi kaxkarna saqajna biex nagħmluhom fil-passat.  Hekk per eżempju billi llum hemm il-biża li t-tkabbir ekonomiku ma jkunx daqshekk qawwi daqs kemm kien f’dawn l-aħħar għaxar jew anke għoxrin sena li għaddew, hemm bżonn li l-gvernijiet issa jieħdu deċiżjonijiet kruċjali. Iridu…

  • Acta veto a ‘victory for freedom’ says Scicluna

    Acta veto a ‘victory for freedom’ says Scicluna

    Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna welcomed today’s overwhelming defeat of the controversial anti-counterfeit treaty Acta, describing it as a “victory for freedom on the Internet.”  Prof Scicluna was speaking after MEPs in Strasbourg refused to consent to the deal negotiated by the European Commission rejecting by 478 votes to 165. Under the Lisbon Treaty the European Parliament must give its consent…

  • Ir-riċessjoni taħt il-lenti

    Ir-riċessjoni taħt il-lenti

    Għal ħafna nies m’hemmx bżonn statistika biex ikunu jafu li l-ekonomija daħlet f’riċessjoni. Iħossuha. Oħrajn ikunu jafu biss meta l-midja tħabbarha. Ftit ġimgħat ilu l-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika (NSO) ħareġ figuri li juru li, għat-tieni perjodu konsekuttiv ta’ tliet xhur, l-Prodott Gross Domestiku (PGD) waqa’. Dan ifisser li teknikament l-pajjiż daħal f’riċessjoni. Filfatt ir-ricessjoni tkun bdiet…

  • Scicluna OECD speech – Governments must look at GDP and beyond

    Scicluna OECD speech – Governments must look at GDP and beyond

    Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna last Tuesday (26th June 2012) called for European governments to give higher priority to policies aimed at improving the quality of life during a key-note speech at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. He told delegates that “the economic crisis has forced us to re-assess the traditional methods of policy-making and…

  • Nuqqas ta’ Trasparenza

    Nuqqas ta’ Trasparenza

    Il-ġimgħa tal-Parlament fi Strasburgu tkun twila u impenjattiva ħafna, u dejjem mimlija bi ġrajjiet importanti. Il-ġimgħa li għaddiet kellna magħna l-Kummissarju Olli Rehn li deher sew fil-Kumitat tagħna u anke fil-Plenarja biex iwieġeb għall-mistoqsijiet u jipparteċipa fid-diskussjoni.   Id-diskussjoni fil-Kumitat tal-Ekonomija u Affarijiet Monetarji (ECON) kienet fuq ir-rikmandazzjonijiet li l-Kummissjoni bagħtet lis-27 pajjiż inkluż Malta…

  • Commissioner Almunia tells Scicluna government inaction is delaying Air Malta rescue [VIDEO]

    Commissioner Almunia tells Scicluna government inaction is delaying Air Malta rescue [VIDEO]

      – video –     – press release –   EU Competition chief Joaquin Almunia has accused the Maltese government for failing to provide the information needed to agree to its €130 million state aid rescue plan. Speaking on Tuesday evening at a hearing of the ECON committee (Tuesday 19th June) in response to questions from…

  • Is-Semestru Ekonomiku

    Is-Semestru Ekonomiku

    Il-qtugħ fl-infieq ta’ €40 miljun fil-bidu ta’ din is-sena ħasdet lill-poplu Malti mhux biss għall-mod bla ħsieb kif sar dan il-qtugħ imma l-iktar għas-sempliċi raġuni li l-Gvern sa issa qed jaħbi l-proċess sħiħ ta’ kif l-Unjoni Ewropea qed tiskrutinja u tirregola l-Baġit tagħna qabel ma jitħabbar f’għeluq is-sena. Fl-aħħar ta’ dan ix-xahar il-Kunsill tal-Ministri se…

  • Euro Commissioner backs Scicluna on reform programme transparency [VIDEO]

    Euro Commissioner backs Scicluna on reform programme transparency [VIDEO]

    EU Eurozone Commissioner Olli Rehn last night joined Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna in calling for EU governments to put their country’s National Reform Programme before Parliament. Commissioner Rehn’s statement was in response to questions posed by Prof Scicluna during the Economic Dialogue on the EU’s Country-by-country recommendations convened by the Parliament’s Economic Committee. These…

  • CCCTB

    CCCTB

    CCCTB “….. din il-proposta se tolqotna ħafna u allura rridu neħduha bis-serjetà.”   Ix-xahar li għadda, il-Parlament Ewropew ivvota favur proposta mressqa mill-Kummissjoni dwar l-armonizzazzjoni tal-bażi tat-taxxi għall-kumpaniji li joperaw fl-Ewropa, magħrufa bħala CCCTB (Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base). Din il-proposta qajmet dibattitu bejn l-Istati Membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea fejn, waqt li l-maġġoranza huma favur tagħha,…

  • MEP Edward Scicluna represents Labour Party on PES ‘Growth and Jobs Pact’

    MEP Edward Scicluna represents Labour Party on PES ‘Growth and Jobs Pact’

      The expert group are finalising the policy document ‘Pact for Growth and Jobs in Europe’, which will be presented by centre-left Prime Ministers and Leaders at the eurozone crisis Summit on June 28th. EU countries each nominated a national expert to represent their party. The Pact includes a series of policy proposals aimed at tackling youth…