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‘I’d be the last person to cook deficit figures’
Barely 24 hours after becoming Finance Minister Edward Scicluna was in Brussels to discuss the Cyprus bailout. A few weeks later he presented a Budget. He speaks to Kurt Sansone about his first month in office. You made it a point to say this was not your Budget. How would your Budget have been different? This is a…
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“Irridu stampa cara ta’ fejn ahna” – Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna
Wahda mill-isfidi tal-Gvern il-gdid meta dan gie elett kienet bla dubju t-thejjija ghall-Bagit. Bagit li normalment jiehu xhur twal biex jigi ppreparat, kellu jinhadem fi zmien qasir, biex b’hekk jigi pprezentat ghada t-Tnejn mill-Ministru tal-Finanzi l-Prof Edward Scicluna. Mistoqsi minn din il-gazzetta dwar din l-isfida li qed jiffacja bhala Ministru tal-Finanzi, il-Prof. Edward Scicluna jiddeskrivi…
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Budget 2013
“This is not my Budget, but if I were to give it a name, I would call it A Stocktaking Exercise,” the minister said. “My first Budget will be that of 2014 and I will start talks about it with the European Commission next Friday in Dublin,” he said. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE GDP at…
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Labour will keep its promises
In an interview with weekly newspaper Illum, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna talks about the recent confirmation that the deficit for 2012 turned out to be somewhat higher than that expected, and what effect – if any – it would have on the 2013 budget. The Labour Party had originally pledged to…
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L-Imsieħba soċjali pożittivi dwar il-proposti tal-Gvern [Watch]
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L-Imsieħba Soċjali kollha kellhom kliem ta’ tifħir għall-preżentazzjoni li għamel il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna fl-ewwel laqgħa tal-Kunsill Malti għall-Iżvilupp Ekonomiku u Soċjali (MCESD) li għall-ewwel darba tmexxiet minn John Bencini li nħatar bħala Ċermen. Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi Edward Scicluna f’kummenti li ta lill-ġurnalisti wara li ntemmet il-laqgħa qal li huwa spjega lill-imsieħba soċjali…
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Finance Minister Edward Scicluna on ‘Il-Parlament tal-Poplu’ – Smash TV
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna on ‘Il-Parlament tal-Poplu’ on Smash TV. – Smash TV : Thursday, 28th March, 2013
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Malta’s banking sector is robust and stable
Malta joined the euro area in 2008 in order to further enhance its macroeconomic and financial stability, and to contribute to the stability of the euro area-wide economic and financial system. Together with other EU Member States, Malta participated in the setting up of a euro area regulatory and supervisory framework which includes the European…
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Finance Minister Edward Scicluna on ONE Breakfast News – ONE – 27.03.2013
Interviewed by Charlon Gouder on ONE Breakfast News – ONE Breakfast, News : Wednesday, 27th March, 2013.
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New Governor of the EIB for Malta
Following the general election in Malta on 9 March 2013, Mr Edward Scicluna has taken office as Minister for Finance. Mr Scicluna also becomes EIB Governor for the Republic of Malta. He was also elected in 2009 to the European Parliament where he served for four years as Vice-Chairman of the Economic and Monetary Affairs…
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Finance Minister at Extraordinary Euro Area Meeting on Cyprus [WATCH]
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“I am very satisfied that our Eurogroup joint statement respects the dignity of the Cypriot people by letting their own Authorities decide the appropriate administrative measures they deem fit to apply for their exceptional situation of their financial sector,” said Minister Scicluna following the conclusion of the Eurogroup meeting which was convened in Brussels…