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The Budget – L-MEP u Int – Prog 138
Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna explains why the Budget is so important that the government would be forced to resign if it fails to get a majority of votes for its approval in the parliament. The program L-MEP U INT (The MEP and You) is broadcast every Friday at 7.20pm on Smash TV with a…
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Edward Scicluna on an EP Fact-finding Mission to Italy – L-MEP u Int – Prog 137
This week’s programme L-MEP u Int focuses mainly on the recent high level delegation from the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee two day mission to Italy. Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna who is Vice President of this Committee formed part of this delegation. He speaks highly of the financial and economic leaders…
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Edward Scicluna on ‘Iswed fuq l-Abjad’
L-Ewroparlamentari laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna qal li l-Ewroparlamentari nazzjonalista Simon Busuttil wera nuqqas ta’ maturita’ u responsabbilta’ meta kiteb u qal li gvern laburista ġdid iwassal lill Malta biex titlob bailout. Il-Professur Scicluna għamel din il-kritika waqt li kien qed jieħu sehem flimkien ma’ Simon Busuttil fil-programm ‘Iswed fuq l-Abjad’ fuq Net Television nhar l-Erbgħa…
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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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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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IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings – L-MEP u Int – Prog 134
The Annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group meetings were held between the 9 and 14 October in Tokyo. Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna attended these meetings together with international economic and financial experts, finance ministers and Central Bank presidents from all over the world. Professor Scicluna has been attending these meeting for…
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The EU State of the Union Address 2012 – L-MEP u Int – Prog 133
Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna describes the ‘State of the Union Address 2012’ that European Commission President Jose’ Manuel Barroso presented at the Plenary session of the European Parliament on the 12 September in Strasbourg as a roadmap for the future of the European Union. This important speech was discussed in this MEP u…
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‘Fis-Sustanza’ on ONE
Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna on Monday 1st October was the first guest on the new current affairs TV programme ‘Fis-Sustanza’ on ONE. He faced a hard hitting interview by the presenters Robert Musumeci and Simone Cini. Professor Scicluna answered questions on the issue of the minimum wage and the living wage, stipends, the…
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The Minimum Wage and the Living Wage – L-MEP u Int – Prog 132
‘The Minimum Wage and the Living Wage are both important concepts in public policy that ensures economic growth for everyone’. This was discussed by Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna on the programme L-MEP u INT during which he discussed the difference between the minimum wage and the concept of living wage. The program L-MEP…
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Life after Debt – L-MEP u Int – Prog 131
The word ‘Debt’ has negative implications. There are different types of debts: private, company, bank and also public debt. Can debts be sustainable? At which point can debt become dangerous? How can we deal with past debts? This was discussed with Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna on the program L-MEP U INT (The MEP and…