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The November Ecofin Summit – L-MEP u Int Prog – 87
Nhar l-Erbgha, 26 ta’ Ottubru, 2011, fi Brussels sar Summit tal-Mexxejja tal-Unjoni Ewropea, laqgha li attwalment bdiet il-Hadd ta’ qabel. Huwa fatt innegabbli li s-sitwazzjoni fiz-Zona Ewro kompliet sejra ghall-aghar u kienu mehtiega decizjonijiet urgenti biex jigi evitat li tkun perikolata l-istabbilita tal-Unjoni Ewropea kollha kemm hi. Prof. Edward Scicluna tratta dan kollu fil-programm L-MEP…
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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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FTT – It-taxxa fuq it-transazzjonijiet finanzjarji
Meta f’Settembru li għadda waqt li kien qed jindirizza s-Sessjoni Plenarja tal-Parlament Ewropew fi Strasbourg, Josè Manuel Barosso, President tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea ħabbar li l-Kummissjoni kienet qiegħda taqbel mal-introduzzjoni tat-Taxxa fuq it-Transazzjonijiet Finanzjarji (FTT) tant li qiegħda tipprepara l-proposti tagħha dwarha, wieħed ma setgħax ma jkunx sorpriż. Dan għaliex sa ftit ilu l-Kummissjoni Ewropea kienet baqgħet…
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The Financial Transaction Tax – L-MEP u Int – Prog 86
Ricentement f’diskors li ghamel fil-Plenarja tal-Parlament Ewropew, fi Strasbourg, il-President tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea, Jose Manuel Barroso, habbar li l-Kummissjoni se tkun qed taghmel il-proposti taghha dwar it-Taxxa fuq it-Tranzazzjonijiet Finanzjarji. Irid, u ghandu jinghad, li l-Kummissjoni Ewropea ghamlet snin tirrezisti din il-proposta li kienet gejja mill-Grupp tas-Socjalisti u d-Demokratici fil-Parlament Ewropew, l-S&D. It-Taxxa fuq it-Tranzazzjonijiet Finanzjarji…
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EFSF should have the ability to function like a bank – Prof. Edward Scicluna
Prof. Edward Scicluna believes that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) should have the ability to function like a bank and launch eurozone bonds taking the load off the back of the European Central Bank. Prof. Scicluna stated this when replying to questions by The Sunday Times journalist Kurt Sansone reporting for the paper’s Sunday,…
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Last meeting with Trichet – L-MEP u Int – Prog 85
Is-sitwazzjoni fiz-Zona Ewro kompliet tmur ghall-aghar. Dan mhux biss fil-Grecja, fejn jidher li ma fadalx tama li tirkupra, imma issa wkoll fost il-banek ewlenin Ewropej, bil-Bank Belgjan Dexia prattikament ifalli u jitob l-ghajnuna tal-Gvern ta’ pajjizu. Il-laqgha tal-Hadd, 9 ta’ Ottubru, 2011, bejn il-President Franciz Nicolas Sarkozy u l-Kancillier tal-Germanja Angela Merkel, tista’ tghid li…
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Is-soluzzjoni dwar il-kriżi finanzjarja fiż-Żona Ewro mhix fil-bogħod jekk hemm ir-rieda politika
X’AKTARX ninstema’ stramb jew li qiegħed kontra l-kurrent meta ngħid li minkejja l-kriżi kbira li tinsab fiha ż-Żona Ewro ninsab ottimist li ż-Żona Ewro ssalva. Ottimist li jsir hekk għax persważ li l-Ġermanja trid li ż-Żona Ewro ssalva. Salvazzjoni li r-rimedju għaliha se jkun goff. Dan kawża tal-fatt li tħalla jgħaddi wisq żmien bil-problema tkompli…
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Jimmy Carter, Joe Clark u l-UE
X’hemm komuni bejn l-eks-President Amerikan Jimmy Carter, l-eks-Prim Ministru Kanadiż Joe Clark u l-Unjoni Ewropea? Ilkoll huma involuti bis-sħiħ f’pajjiżi tat-tielet dinja biex isaħħu d-demokrazija f’dawn il-pajjiżi. L-ewwel nett billi jmexxu missjonijiet kbar waqt iż-żminijiet tal-elezzjonijiet Presidenzjali jew Parlamentari, kif ukoll drabi oħrajn billi jgħinu fit-tisħiħ tar-rispett lejn prattiċi demokratiċi, isolvu konflitti u jaħdmu għall-paċi.…
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Edward Scicluna addresses High Level International Election Observation Meeting – L-MEP u Int – Prog 84
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…