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L-MEP u INT – Prog 38 – Living Wage
Kuncett li beda jissemma ricentement f’pajjizna huwa dwar paga li tassigura dhul dicenti. Kuncett li bl-Ingliz jissejjah Living Wage. Kuncett li jvarja mill-kuncett Minimum Wage, l-inqas paga li tista’ tinghata lill-haddiem ghal gimgha xoghol. Il-Minimum Wage, il-paga Minima, hija stabbilita bil-ligi u tizdied bl-ammont kif imhaddem mill-COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment). Mhux hekk il-Living Wage.…
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Financial Accountability Statement
In line with the PL Code of Ethics for incumbent MEPs, hereunder is the Financial Accountability Statement made by Prof Edward Scicluna MEP for the legislative year 14th July 2009 to 16th July 2010, together with the auditors’ certification statement. View or download report
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 37
Il-programm televiżiv L-MEP u INT ta’ l-MEP Laburista l-Professur Edward Scicluna qed jixxandar fuq Smash Television kull nhar ta Ġimgħa fis-7.20pm. F’dan il-programm L-MEP u INT il-Professur Scicluna jiddiskuti u jwieġeb mistoqsijiet dwar temi li jkunu qed jiġu diskussi fil-Parlament Ewropew. L-MEP u INT Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna discusses and answers questions on various…
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L-MEP u INT – Prog 36
Nhar l-Erbgħa, 29 ta’ Settembru, fi Brussel saret protesta kbira mill-unions Ewropej. Ipprotestaw kontra l-miżuri ta’ awsterita li qegħdin jittieħdu minn diversi gvernijiet fl-Ewropa. Sadattant l-Unjoni Ewropea qed tissuġġerixxi miżuri oħrajn. Ifisser li l-programmi ta’ awsterita mhumiex biżżejjed? Il-miżuri applikabbli għal dawk il-pajjiżi li qegħdin fiż-Żona Ewro għandhom ikunu applikabbli wkoll għal dawk il-pajjiżi li…
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Tackling political extremism in Europe
Following the world’s biggest financial crisis and economic recession in recent history, which has seriously tested the very tenets of capitalism and its workings, including the financial foundations on which the market economy is based, one would have thought that the political pendulum in most countries would now move to the left. Well, not if…
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L-Mep u Int – Prog 35 – Programmi ta’ awsterita
F’diversi pajjizi tal-Unjoni Ewropea qeghdin jithaddmu programmi ta’ awsterita bil-ghan li jitnaqqsu d-deficits u d-djun. Interessanti huwa l-fatt li dawn il-mizuri mhux qeghdin jithaddmu biss minn pajjizi li jinsabu f’diffikultajiet finanzjarji u ekonomici. Kurjuz huwa l-fatt li anke pajjizi b’sahhithom bhalma huma l-Germanja u Franza resqin lejn politika bhal din, anke jekk ghal ragunijiet differenti.…
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L-Mep u Int – Prog 34 – Water Framework Directive
F’Gunju li ghadda l-Kummissjoni Ewropea (KE) bdiet proceduri kontra Malta wara li l-Gvern Malti naqas li jipprovdi lill-KE dak mitlub minnu fid-Direttiva tal-KE imsejha Water Framework Directive. Direttiva li, fost affarijiet ohra, tikkoncerna l-ilma ta’ taht l-art. Malta kif tinkwadra f’din id-Direttiva? Dan huwa s-suggett li diskusta l-Ewroparlamentari Laburista Malti l-Professur Edward Scicluna waqt L-MEP…
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Scicluna welcomes EU Islands resolution that ‘will protect Gozo’s interests
Labour MEP Professor Edward Scicluna today praised a European Parliament resolution on the need for EU policies and funding for mountain regions and islands, describing it as “a strong statement of intent that will protect Malta’s interests, particularly Gozo.” Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on a Motion for Resolution that focused on the…
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Scicluna calls for Commission clarification on ID cards funding
Labour MEP Prof Edward Scicluna today called on the European Commission to clarify the question of whether the Maltese government had called for EU funding to pay for a new ID card system. Prof Scicluna said: “It is of grave concern that the majority of ID cards in Malta are expired, with their viability dependent…
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State of the Union Address fil-PE
Henry Kissinger, eks-Segretarju tal-Istati Uniti darba kien staqsa “għal min għandha tistaqsi l-Amerika meta ċċempel lill-Ewropa?”. Mistoqsija li sal-lum baqgħet bla tweġiba. Mistoqsija li kienet esponiet bil-kbir waħda mill-akbar problemi tal-Unjoni Ewropea (UE) u li għadha hemm minkejja li daħal fis-seħħ it-Trattat ta’ Lisbona. Nemmen li din il-mistoqsija ġiet quddiem għajnejn kull Membru Parlamentari Ewropew…