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L-MEP u INT – Prog 44 – IMF Malta Preliminary Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Malta Preliminary Report was published recently. The Report said that Malta weathered the global recession relatively well but cautioned that vulnerabilities are rising in Malta’s financial sector saying that high credit risk and growing exposure to securities in parts of the Maltese banking sector call for heightened vigilance and determined supervisory…
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 43 – Grupp 174 u l-ghanijiet principali tieghu
Numru ta’ Membri Parlamentari Ewropew fuq inizjattiva tal-Professur Edward Scicluna iffurmaw Inter Grupp fi hdan il-Parlament Ewropew biex jigu mharsa l-interessi tar-Regjuni meqjusa bhala zvantagjati. Dan l-InterGrupp gie msemmi 174 ghall-artiklu 174 tat-Trattat ta’ Lizbona li tghid car u tond illi l-Unjoni Ewropea hija kommessa li tghin dawk ir-regjuni li ghandhom dizabiltajiet geografici permanenti. Ezempju…
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 42 – Gwerer kummercjal
Fost l-ahbarijiet dinjin dominanti bhalissa hemm dawk dwar il-gwerer kummercjali. Is-swaba akkuzanti huma ppuntati lejn ic-Cina, li ma tridx iccaqlaq ‘il fuq il-valur tal-munita taghha. Imma jekk wiehed ihares lejn x’ghamlet l-Amerika jsib li qed isir l-istess imma b’mod iehor, mod li jwassal biex jiddghajjef id-dollaru. Sadattant id-dinja qed tistenna r-rizultat tal-laqghat tal-G20. Id-dinja trid…
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Is ‘Red Ed’ a myth or has Labour just voted itself into opposition?
Already the Conservatives have attempted to portray the result as a triumph for the trade unions and a lurch to the left by Labour. Mr Miliband finds himself being branded as ‘Red Ed’. But for someone who served his political apprenticeship as one of Gordon Brown’s advisers, before being elected as an MP under Tony…
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Forum dwar il-leave tal-maternita
L-Ewroparlamentari Laburista Malti l-Professur Edward Scicluna nhar is-Sibt, 6 ta’ Novembru, 2010, kien fost il-kelliema waqt forum pubbliku bit-tema “20 gimgha leave tal-maternita. Ghalfejn ghandi nhallas biex int ikollok it-tfal?” organizzat mill-Ufficcju tal-Parlament Ewropew f’Malta. Prof Scicluna qal li Malta hija l-pajjiz bl-inqas leave tal-maternita fost il-pajjizi tal-Unjoni Ewropea, 14-il gimgha. Malta hija l-pajjiz fl-Unjoni…
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 41 – Lejn shubija fl-Unjoni Ewropea
Tliet pajjizi mill-Balkani, Kroazja, Serbja u l-Macedonja, flimkien mal-Izlanda u t-Turkija kollha ghandhom applikazzjoni pendenti ghal shubija fl-Unjoni Ewropea. Applikazzjonijiet li jvarjaw fiz-zmien minn kemm ilhom quddiem l-Unjoni Ewropea. L-Izlanda applikat s-sena l-ohra u t-Turkija ilha tistenna 23 sena. Ivarjaw ukoll id-diffikultajiet li qed isibu dawn il-pajjizi fi triqthom lejn shubija. Dawn l-applikazzjonijiet ghal shubija…
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Why the need of a living wage
It could have been 40 years to the day. I had just settled down in my new place at Plater College, a Catholic college in Oxford, when during a class by the college principal, Joe Kirwan, on the social teaching of the Church on economic matters I recall being asked point blank: “ Edward, do…
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Open Debate: 20 Weeks Maternity Leave
An open debate between citizens and MEP Simon BUSUTTIL, MEP Edward SCICLUNA, MBB CEO Joe TANTI, NCW VP Doreen MICALLEF, entrepreneur Marlene MIZZI and childbirth educator Marianne THEUMA Light refreshments will be served following the event Registration (free of charge) is required on 21235075 or epvalletta@europarl.europa.eu Saturday 6th November 2010 at 1000hrs
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 40 – Penali Finanzjarji mill-UE
L-Unjoni Ewropea qed tibda ssegwi u tifli hafna aktar mill-qrib il-budget u anke l-istatistika tal-pajjizi membri. Dan jista’ jwassal ghal bidliet drastici dwar kif il-gvernijiet tal-pajjizi membri jhaddmu l-politika taghhom? Sadattant l-Unjoni Ewropea, permezz ta’ direttiva taghha dwar l-oqsma finanzjarji, qed tesigi li l-pajjizi membri kollha jaderixxu strettament maghhom, tant li qed jissemma l-uzu ta’…
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 39 – Maternity Leave
Nhar l-Erbgha, 20 ta’ Ottubru, 2010, il-Parlament Ewropew imlaqqa’ fi Strasbourg, approva rapport li permezz tieghu qed jintalab li l-leave tal-maternita minn 14-il gimgha kif inhu bhalissa jittella’ ghal 20 gimgha. Ir-Rapport jitlob wkoll li jkun introdott leave tal-paternita ghal gimghatejn. L-Ewroparlamentari Laburista Malti l-Professur Edward Scicluna ddiskuta dan is-suggett fit-39 programm televiziv L-MEP U…