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Spending cuts will freeze 500 public sector jobs
EU orders for €40 million in cuts will dampen recruitment drive and government programmes. Labour MEP Edward Scicluna has said government will have to wipe off as many as 500 jobs in a recruitment freeze to save millions in spending on the European Commission’s orders. Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced Friday a 0.59% cut in…
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Scicluna in ECB meeting with Draghi
Labour MEP Edward Scicluna will form part of a small delegation from the European Parliament for a meeting with the President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi and other council members. The meeting is being held at the ECB in Frankfurt tomorrow. Prof. Scicluna is the vice-president of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.…
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Labour Euro MEP Edward Scicluna refutes baseless claim by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
When addressing the Nationalist Party’s General Council yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. Lawrence Gonzi asked the Leader of the Opposition Dr. Joseph Muscat whether, in order to reduce the debt, he plans to increase taxes as Labour MEP Edward Scicluna has suggested. I strongly refute this claim by the Prime Minister which is completely baseless and…
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L-Ewro Parlamentari Laburista Edward Scicluna jichad stqarrija bla bazi tal-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi
Meta indirizza l-Kunsill Generali tal-Partit Nazzjonalista, il-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi staqsa lill-Kap ta’ l-Oppozizzjoni Dr Joseph Muscat jekk, biex inaqqas id-dejn, hux qed jippjana li jzid it-taxxi kif issugerrixxa l-Ewro-Parlamentari Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna. Jiena nichad bil-qawwa kollha din l-istqarrija tal-Prim Ministru li hija ghal kollox bla bazi u l-ghan taghha kienet biss mossa biex…
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Scicluna starts work as European statistical governance Rapporteur
Labour MEP Edward Scicluna has been appointed as the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Robust Quality Management of European Statistics. The report by Prof Scicluna, who is Vice-Chairman of the Parliament’s Economic committee, will include the Parliament’s recommendations on seeking agreement on a quality management framework for EU statistics related to the economic governance package. Prof…
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“VAT and the EU Conference” by MIM
Prof. Edward Scicluna was the Guest Speaker invited to make the Concluding Speech for a conference organised by the Malta Institute of Management (MIM) on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Theme of the conference was “VAT and the EU Conference”. Office of Prof. Edward Scicluna issued the following Press Release. Scicluna – Fiscal debate needs to…
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Edward Scicluna addresses High Level International Election Observation Meeting
Labour MEP Edward Scicluna was one of the invited High Level Panelists at the Annual Follow-Up Meeting on the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation held in Brussels between the 4th and 6th October 2011. This was the first time that the event has been hosted by the European Union (EU) and included the…
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Scicluna calls on Commission to investigate Maltese energy poverty
Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna has called on the European Commission to investigate revelations that Maltese families entitled to social support are being denied energy coupons to help meet their electricity bills unless they can pay their bills in full. Prof Scicluna said: “Energy poverty in Malta is a serious problem that is getting worse.…
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Moody’s report refutes government spin on Malta’s economy
Labour MEP Prof. Edward Scicluna said in a statement issued on Saturday, September 17, 2011, that the government’s attempts to blame the credit rating downgrade by Moody’s solely on the eurozone crisis had been flatly refuted by the agency’s report on Malta’s economy. Commenting, Prof Scicluna said: “The government’s apologetic response to Moody’s downgrade is…
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Scicluna asks EU Commission about Malta’s unspent EU funds
Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna has called on the European Commission for clarity on the low level of cohesion fund spending in Malta. In a parliamentary question to the Commission, Prof Scicluna has questioned why Malta is receiving payments that barely cover its own contributions to the EU budget. Under the seven year EU financial framework…