Category: Press Releases

  • Labour MEP Scicluna in European Parliamentary delegation to Italy

    Labour MEP Scicluna in European Parliamentary delegation to Italy

    Our European Parliament delegation was very impressed with the level of competency, degree of integrity and international experience of the economic and financial leaders in Italy, steering the country today through its worse economic crises.” This was said by Labour MEP Edward Scicluna at the end of an intensive two-day visit by a five-person delegation…

  • Labour MEP Scicluna at IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Tokyo

    Labour MEP Scicluna at IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Tokyo

    “It is customary for the annual IMF/WB meetings to serve in putting peer pressure on a number of countries and regions to confrom with the latest economic and financial consensus. This time it was the Eurozone’s turn to come under fire.” This was stated by Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna who is currently attending the…

  • MEPs tackle EU’s top killer in CVD awareness raising campaign

    MEPs tackle EU’s top killer in CVD awareness raising campaign

    “EU citizens must be aware of the risk of CVD’s. On their side, policymakers must make a difference by adopting heart healthy legislation and making sure that CVD are given the appropriate attention on the policy agenda,” says Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna. Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna is one of a group of MEPs…

  • Prof. Scicluna reaffirms PL’s support to the setting up of a Maltese cooperative bank

    Prof. Scicluna reaffirms PL’s support to the setting up of a Maltese cooperative bank

    Labour MEP Prof. Edward Scicluna today reaffirmed the Labour’s party pledge to support the setting up of a cooperative bank in Malta. He said that the Labour Party supports the idea of setting up a cooperative bank and that it is foursquare behind the movement’s ideals and principles since it is convinced that the active…

  • Labour MEPs up for Parliament awards

    Labour MEPs up for Parliament awards

    Labour MEPs  Edward Scicluna and Louis Grech have been short-listed in two categories of the prestigious ‘MEP of the Year Awards 2012’ organised by the Parliament magazine. Prof. Scicluna is among three candidates nominated for the ‘Economic and Monetary Affairs’ category and Louis Grech, for the ‘Internal Market and Consumer Protection’ category. Each short-list is based on a large number of…

  • Il-Gvern qed jirriskja li jerġa’ jdaħħalna fl-Excessive Deficit Procedure [VIDEO]

    Il-Gvern qed jirriskja li jerġa’ jdaħħalna fl-Excessive Deficit Procedure [VIDEO]

    Edward Scicluna qal li d-dejn tal-pajjiż mhux talli ma niżilx, iżda kkalkulat minn Marzu sa Marzu, fl-ewwel quarter tas-sena tela’ għal 75%. Meta żżid il-garanziji fuq id-dejn, b’kollox jitla’ għal 92%. Fl-istess waqt, id-defiċit fl-ewwel quarter tela’ għal 5.5%   Filwaqt li l-Gvern jinsab aljenat bil-problemi interni fil-Partit Nazzjonalista, pajjiżna qed jirriskja li jidħol fil-morsa…

  • Scicluna – Commission exposes government’s ‘new jobs’ myth [VIDEO]

    Scicluna – Commission exposes government’s ‘new jobs’ myth [VIDEO]

    The government’s claim about job creation has been exposed as a myth after the European Commission told Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna that neither Eurostat nor the national statistical bodies collect data on ‘new jobs’ since the European System of National Accounts (ESA 1995) does not recognise it as a measurable statistic. The Commission was…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…