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Credit Ratings Agencies – L-MEP u Int – Prog 76
Ftit tal-granet ilu Moody’s, wahda mit-tliet credit ratings agencies internazzjonali ewlenin, tista’ tghid li sfiducjat ghal kollox lill-Portugall minkejja li l-pajjiz kien ghadu kemm qabel li jimplimenta mizuri ta’ awsterita fid-direzzjoni lejn kontroll tas-sitwazzjoni finanzjarja u ekonomika hazina hafna li jinsab fiha. Jidher li din kienet il-mossa li kienet qed tistenna l-Unjoni Ewropea biex tisplodi…
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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…
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L-MEP u Int – Prog 75 – Estenzjoni tal-Maternity Leave bis-Sens
Il-Kummissjoni Ewropea kienet pproponiet li l-leave tal-maternita jizdied minn 14 ghal 20 gimgha. F’nofs Gunju li ghadda numru ta’ pajjizi membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea, inkluz Malta, ma qablux ma’ din il-proposta. Ghamlu dan ghal diversi ragunijiet. Il-Konfederazzjoni tal-Ghaqdiet tan-Nisa Maltin ikkritikat il-pozizzjoni tal- Gvern dwar dan u appellatlu jirrevediha. Is-sena li ghaddiet Prof. Edward Scicluna kien ghamel…
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Il-leave tal-maternità: x’ghandu jaghmel il-Gvern
Dan l-aħħar reġgħet sabet ruħha fuq il-mejda tad-diskussjoni l-estensjoni tal-maternity leave wara li ftit ġranet ilu numru ta’ pajjiżi membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea, inkluż Malta, ma qablux mal-proposta tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea biex il-perjodu tal-leave tal-maternità jittella’ għal 20 ġimgħa. Għamlu dan għal diversi raġunijiet. Il-Gvern Malti jgħid li biex jaqbel ma’ proposta bħal din irid ikun hemm…
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L-MEP u Int – Prog 74 – L-Afrika ta’ Fuq u l-Ewropa tal-Lvant: hemm xi xebh?
Tmiem is-snin tmenin gab mieghu l-waqgha tal-Hajt ta’ Berlin u ftit wara l-waqgha tal- Komunizmu. L-ewwel xhur ta’ din is-sena kienu kkaraterizzati minn avvenimenti simili fil-kontinent Nord Afrikan. Hemm xi xebh bejn dawn iz-zewg avvenimenti storici? L- Unjoni Ewropea kif tidhol f’dawn iz-zewg avvenimenti? Tkellem dwar dan is-suggett l-Ewroparlamentari Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna fil-programm televiziv L-MEP U INT fuq…
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L-Afrika ta’ Fuq u l-Ewropa tal-Lvant: hemm xi xebħ?
Tmiem is-snin tmenin ġab miegħu l-waqgħa tal-ħajt ta’ Berlin u ftit wara l-waqgħa tal-Komuniżmu. Il-popli fil-pajjiżi tal-Ewropa tal-Lvant taħt ġwienaħ l-Unjoni Sovjetika tajru s-sistema Komunista kemm f’dik li hi tmexxija politika kif ukoll ekonomika. Iddiżintegrat ukoll l-Unjoni Sovjetika nnifisha. L-ewwel xhur ta’ din is-sena kienu kkaratterizzati minn avvenimenti simili fil-kontinent Nord Afrikan, b’rivoluzzjonijiet li bdew…
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Scicluna leads debate on the future for European manufacturing
Prof Edward Scicluna MEP led the European Parliament as Chairman of the ‘Financial Framework for Manufacturing’ Roundtable organised by the European Forum for Manufacturing (EFM) in Brussels yesterday. The debate looked at the market conditions for manufacturing following the financial crisis. The event brought together MEPs, high-level representatives from the European Commission and EU Presidency…
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EJJA U STAQSI – Fil-Lukanda Waterfront f’The Strand Gzira
Is-sensiela ta’ Diskussjonijiet Pubblici, bit-tema EJJA U STAQSI, li matulha l-Ewroparlamentari Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna jiltaqa’ u jiddiskuti mal-kostitwenti, tkompli nhar il-Gimgha, 15 ta’ Lulju, 2011, fil-Lukanda Waterfront, f’The Strand, Gzira. L-attivita tibda fit-8.00 p.m. Prof. Scicluna jitratta l-ahhar zviluppi li jkun hemm fil-Parlament Ewropew, b’dawk prezenti jinghataw kull opportunita jaghmlulu mistoqsijiet. _______________________ Public Discussion…
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An opportunity Europe has missed
The six reports in the EU Economic Governance package have finally been adopted by the European Parliament, albeit narrowly and with the political groups divided and disappointed. It is a package which has been difficult to explain by those involved in shaping it and is doubtless more difficult for the people outside to understand. These…
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The Economic Governance package in the EP
On Thursday, June 23, 2011, the European Parliament passed the proposed Economic Governance Package. Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna described this as a ‘missed opportunity’ by the European Union. This was the topic discussed by Prof Scicluna during Smash TV programme L-MEP U INT on Friday, June 24, 2011. Il-Pakkett ta’ Governanza Ekonomika fil-PE Nhar…