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Ir-riċessjoni taħt il-lenti
Għal ħafna nies m’hemmx bżonn statistika biex ikunu jafu li l-ekonomija daħlet f’riċessjoni. Iħossuha. Oħrajn ikunu jafu biss meta l-midja tħabbarha. Ftit ġimgħat ilu l-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika (NSO) ħareġ figuri li juru li, għat-tieni perjodu konsekuttiv ta’ tliet xhur, l-Prodott Gross Domestiku (PGD) waqa’. Dan ifisser li teknikament l-pajjiż daħal f’riċessjoni. Filfatt ir-ricessjoni tkun bdiet…
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Governments must look at GDP and beyond – L-MEP u Int – Prog 121
L-ewroparlamentari Laburista il-Professur Edward Scicluna nhar it-Tlieta 26 ta’ Ġunju kien il-kelliem ewlieni fl-ewwel sessjoni ta’ konferenza Ewropea li saret f’Pariġi u li kienet organizzata mill-Organizzazzjoni Għall-Koperazzjoni u L-Iżvilupp Ekonomiku, l-OECD. F’din il-konferenza l-esperti għarblu sew ħafna studji li saru tul is-snin dwar indikaturi ġodda li jridu jmorru lil hinn mill-Prodott Gross Domestiku. Din…
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Financial services in the European institutions
It is nearly three years since I was elected to serve as one of Malta’s MEPs and was appointed as a Vice-Chairman of the Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs committee. As we are too well aware, the last few years have been dominated by a crisis of the financial sector, which caused a worldwide recession,…
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Scicluna – Govts must look at GDP and beyond
Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna on Tuesday 26 June, 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…
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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…
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Prof. Edward Scicluna mistieden fuq il-program “dot eu”
L-Ewro Parlamentari Ewropew Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna tkellem dwar l-interpellanzi li għamel f’żewġ laqgħat separati tal-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Ekonomiċi u Monetarji (ECON) mal-Kummissarji Olli Rehn u Jaochim Almuni. Il-Professur Scicluna li kien il-mistieden fuq il-programm Dot eu fuq TVM qal li lill-Kummissarju Olli Rehn għamillu mistoqsija dwar it-trasparenza meta ir-Rapporti Nazzjonali ta’ Riforma ikunu mressqa quddiem il-Parlamenti Nazzjonali, u…
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Prof. Edward Scicluna on Air Malta State Aid Decision [VIDEO]
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The EU Commission has approved the Air Malta restructuring programme. The public pressure which I applied to the EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia during last week’s hearing in the European Parliament has clearly paid off. It is regrettable that it took a public embarrassment to finally get the government to do (give the Commission the…
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Attivita’ Soċjali fiż-Żurrieq
Il-Membru parlamentari Ewropew il-Professur Edward Scicluna waqt attivita’ soċjali ‘Coffee Morning’ fiż-Żurrieq tkellem dwar il-ħidma sfiqa tiegħu fil-Parlament Ewropew. Huwa qal li fl-aħħar ġimgħatejn għamel mistoqsijiet ta’ interess partikolari għal pajjiżna lill-Kummissarji Olli Rehn dwar it-trasparenza fuq ir-Rapporti Nazzjonali ta’ Riforma u u Joaquín Almunia fuq id-dawmien żejjed biex jintlaħaq ftehim fuq ir-ristrutturar tal-Air Malta…
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Laqgħa ta’ Diskussjoni – EJJA U STAQSI – Il-Ġimgħa, 22 ta’ Ġunju – Ġnien l-Istazzjon, Birkirkara
Il-membru Parlamentari Ewropew Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna f’laqgħa oħra ta’ diskussjoni ‘Ejja u Staqsi’ f’Birkirkara tkellem dwar ħidmietu fil-Parlament Ewropew u fil-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Ekonomiċi u Monetarji f’dawn l-aħħar ġimgħat. Huwa qal li f’żewġ laqgħat separati tal-kumitat ECON huwa għamel żewġ interpellanzi kemm lill-Kummissarju Olli Rhen dwar it-trasparenza meta ir-Rapporti Nazzjonali ta’ Riforma ikunu mressqa quddiem…
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Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna last Friday 22nd June had a meeting with the Manufacturing Economic Group Executive Board of the Chamber of Commerce. Professor Scicluna was invited to meet the Board by the Group Chairman Matthias Fauser to discuss matters of interest and challenges being faced by the industry. L-Ewro Parlamentari…