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The articles hereunder form part of a content series called Ewropej. This is a multi-newsroom initiative part-funded by the European Parliament to bring the work of the EP closer to the citizens of Malta and keep them informed about matters that affect their daily lives. These articles reflect only the authors’ views. The action was co-financed by the European Union in the frame of the European Parliament's grant programme in the field of communication. The European Parliament was not involved in its preparation and is, in no case, responsible for or bound by the information or opinions expressed in the context of this action. In accordance with applicable law, the authors, interviewed people, publishers or programme broadcasters are solely responsible. The European Parliament can also not be held liable for direct or indirect damage that may result from the implementation of the action.
Centre-right’s demand for common defence strategy gathers steam in European Parliament debate that calls for action against Russian aggression
Malta failed to negotiate safeguards in directive that will raise medicine prices, Peter Agius warns
Peter Agius accuses government of reneging on promise to protect Maltese consumers from higher medicine prices when voting for the Waste Water Treatment Directive in Brussels
Labour MEP Alfred Sant says EU member states face backlash on austerity policies borne of the need to raise more finance for New Green Deal, digitisation and defence policies
Independent MEP candidate says multnationals should pay as much as minimum 20% with Maltese companies enjoying similar benefits
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Engerer accuses Roberta Metsola of failing to take EP’s rule of law mission to Greece where centre-right government holds sway
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of murdered Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, blames Russian authorities for the death of her husband while addressing the European...
EWROPEJ DEBATES
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MaltaToday and Lovin Malta team up with KSU for the first in a series of five #Ewropej2024 debates for this year’s European elections
![[WATCH] Ewropej at MCAST: MEP candidates on Abela speech, climate, youths, and foreign workers](http://content.maltatoday.com.mt/ui/images/photos/ewropej_mcast_debate_1.jpeg)
Labour candidate Thomas Bajada echoes Abela claims on Vitals inquiry
NEWS
Tougher waste shipment laws approved by overwhelming EP majority
Plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries will be prohibited within two and a...
Plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries will be...
MEPs vote in law binding member states to restore degraded EU ecosystems
EPP votes against nature restoration deal, but Nationalist MEP David Casa breaks ranks
EPP votes against nature restoration deal, but Nationalist...
Anti-SLAPP ‘Daphne’s law’ receives overwhelming support in European Parliament
Directive enables judges to identify SLAPPs and order their early dismissal, Malta has to implement law by 2026
Directive enables judges to identify SLAPPs and order their...
Roberta Metsola top MEP in ‘most influential’ rankings
Top 100 rankings for Metsola and Alex Agius Saliba in EUMatrix:...
Top 100 rankings for Metsola and Alex Agius...
Labour MEP gets Commission meeting over Malta food imports market probe
Alex Agius Saliba and PN candidate Peter Agius in heated debate over petition brought by Labour MEP for Brussels probe into Maltese food imports pricing
Alex Agius Saliba and PN candidate Peter Agius in heated...
Roberta Metsola: ‘I expect Malta to take in more refugees from Gaza’
Metsola: ‘I’m not pro-war, it’s Robert Abela who speaks differently when he is in Brussels’
Metsola: ‘I’m not pro-war, it’s Robert...
‘Parties must go back to social roots to fight far-right surge in EP elections’
Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba says candidates lambasting foreign workers in Malta are using far-right discourse to win votes
Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba says candidates lambasting...
Sant says bad idea for EU to insist on tax harmonisation
Sant says tax competition is beneficial for peripheral regions and islands...
Sant says tax competition is beneficial for peripheral...
Deportation rules must show humanity, Metsola says on Dismark case
“It’s a case that weighs on my heart… I just wish the way we...
“It’s a case that weighs on my heart… I...
European Parliament wants international investigation into Navalny death
EP presidents and group leaders demand international and independent investigation into the exact circumstances of the death of Russian political...
EP presidents and group leaders demand international...
MaltaToday survey | War in Gaza is greatest problem facing EU
The war in Gaza trumps the war in Ukraine, inflation, immigration and climate...
The war in Gaza trumps the war in Ukraine, inflation,...
Brussels opens probe into TikTok algorithms after MEPs call for investigation
In 2023, MEPs highlighted the risks to privacy from the Chinese-developed social media platform and recommended banning TikTok at all levels of national...
In 2023, MEPs highlighted the risks to privacy from the...
Metsola on Green Deal: ‘No conflict between economy and environment’
EP President in visit to Malta firm ARQ says policymakers must ease Green Deal transition and help people to leave nobody behind
EP President in visit to Malta firm ARQ says policymakers...
Von der Leyen to seek second mandate at helm of EU’s executive arm
Ursula von der Leyen has finally announced her bid to become the European...
Ursula von der Leyen has finally announced her bid to...
YOUR VOTE COUNTS
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Watch the official video from the European Parliament kicking off the 2024 election campaign
Maltese voters will select their next MEPs from the longest-ever list of candidates for the European Parliament
