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Call me Bond
Matul is-seduta plenarja tal-Parlament Ewropew fi Strasburgu iktar kmieni l-ġimgħa l-oħra, ġiet approvata riżoluzzjoni dwar l-hekk imsejħa Stability jew Eurobonds – skema ta’ bejgħ ta’ bonds mill-pajjiżi Ewropej fuq skala Ewropea minflok dik ta’ bħalissa, fejn kull membru jbigħ il-bonds individwalment. M’hemm ebda dubju, sew għall-grupp tagħna tal-Alleanza Soċjalista u Demokratika, però anke għall-Parlament, dan…
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Economic Committee adopts Edward Scicluna’s report on European statistics
Labour MEP Edward Scicluna’s Report on the Quality Management of European Statistics was approved with an overwhelming majority by the European Parliament´s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. The report focused on improving the quality of European Statistics by improving the independence of statistical agencies and the quality of upstream data collected especially from government…
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Acta debate taken to University
Acta, the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement was the subject of a well-attended KSU debate at the University. Dr Busuttil said he was positively inclined to Acta because it aimed to strengthen enforcement in the fight against counterfeit and piracy. EU countries including Malta already have strong legislation on these two issues but this agreement sought to…
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ACTA
Fil-jiem li għaddew il-Gvern Malti ffirma l-ftehim magħruf bħala ACTA. Kontra dak li jsir is-soltu, il-Gvern ma ħareġ l-ebda stqarrija biex iħabbar li ffirma dan it-trattat. Sirna nafu għaliex qamet kontroversja sħiħa kemm f’Malta kif ukoll barra minn Malta, wara li għaqdiet taz-żgħażagħ qamu jipprotestaw għax qegħdin iqisu dan il-ftehim bħala li jmur kontra ċerti…
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Birzebbuga tithalla barra minn studju li sar dwar il-livell tal-hsejjes
Il-lokalità ta’ Birzebbuga, li hija milquta minn tniggis ta’ storbju li gej mill-Port Hieles, thalliet barra minn studju li sar dwar il-hsejjes u li l-Gvern Malti baghat lill-Kummissjoni Ewro-pea. Dan intqal ilbierah filghodu waqt konferenza stampa f’Birzebbuga. L-ewroparlamentari Laburista Edward Scicluna, li kien qieghed jindirizza din il-konferenza, qal li din id-decizjoni tal-Gvern hija xhieda li…
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“Nippreferi s-semplicità minghajr kantunieri tal-PL” – Edward Scicluna
Il-Professur EDWARD SCICLUNA huwa lettur fl-Università, ekonomista, Membru Parlamentari Ewropew u Vici-President tal-Kumitat ghall-Affarijiet Ekonomici u Monetarji fil-Parlament Ewropew. Ghall-elezzjoni generali li jmiss Scicluna se jkun ukoll kandidat gdid f’isem il-Partit Laburista. RITIANNE AGIUS tkellmet ma’ Profs. Scicluna biex issir taf iktar dwaru u dwar dak li hajjru jaghti sehemu wkoll fuq skala lokali.…
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Il-pariri tal-IMF
Il-Ġimgħa li għaddiet kien hawn Malta delegazzjoni mill-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali (IMF) biex teżamina l-ekonomija tal-pajjiż. Kemm damu Malta ltaqgħu ma’ uffiċjali tal-Gvern kif ukoll ma’ delegazzjoni tal-Partit Laburista. Jien iffurmajt parti mid-delegazzjoni tal-Partit immexxija minn Dr Joseph Muscat. Din mhix l-ewwel darba li jien iltqajt magħha d-delegazzjoni tal-IMF. Fil-fatt mill-1996 sal-2003 kont niltaqa’ magħha minħabba…
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Edward Scicluna re-elected as economic committee vice-chairman
Labour MEP Edward Scicluna is re-elected as vice-chairman of European economic committee and receives recognition as expert on statistics. Labour MEP Edward Scicluna was re-elected as vice-chairman of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs committee at the mid-term point of the legislative term. British Liberal MEP Sharon Bowles remains Chairperson of the committee. The…