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‘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
Sant says bad idea for EU to insist on tax harmonisation
Sant says tax competition is beneficial for peripheral regions and islands that had limited endowments, such as Malta
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 apply the law showed some humanity,” Metsola said.
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 prisoners and Sakharov Prize...
MaltaToday survey | War in Gaza is greatest problem facing EU
The war in Gaza trumps the war in Ukraine, inflation, immigration and climate change as the greatest problem facing the European Union according to Maltese voters. James Debono...
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 government and in the...
EWROPEJ DEBATES
[WATCH] MEPs talk defence, environment and interpreters shortage in KSU debate
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
Labour candidate Thomas Bajada echoes Abela claims on Vitals inquiry
NEWS
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...

Agius Saliba on the warpath: ‘importers coerce stores to refuse cheaper goods’

Importers deny ‘unsubstantiated’ claims of bullying retailers to fend off cheaper parallel imports 

Importers deny ‘unsubstantiated’ claims of...

PN’s newest MEP candidate is an aerospace engineer

The Nationalist Party approves Lee Bugeja Bartolo, 33, as a candidate for the...

The Nationalist Party approves Lee Bugeja Bartolo, 33, as a...

Ambitious targets to cut down on annual 60 million tonnes of food waste in Europe

MEPs to push for higher waste reducton targets that can reduce food and textile waste

MEPs to push for higher waste reducton targets that can...

EU toys must have digital product passports in major push for children’s safety

MEPs back stricter rules to ensure children’s toys are safe with digital product passport to facilitate border checks and inform consumers

MEPs back stricter rules to ensure children’s toys...

Engerer report on business greenwashing claims heads for plenary vote

New rules for companies to comply with EU ban on greenwashing of products will...

New rules for companies to comply with EU ban on...

Agius Saliba gets cross-party support for Brussels probe into Malta food prices

Labour MEP’s petition supported by all parties to force European Commission investigation into Maltese food import prices

Labour MEP’s petition supported by all parties to...

Rule of law ‘political football’: Casa breaks ranks with EPP on Greece

Alfred Sant only S&D to abstain on Greece rule of law resolution, Cyrus Engerer negotiator for socialists on rule of law report

Alfred Sant only S&D to abstain on Greece rule of law...

Anti-EU populism: MEP elections to deliver gains to far-right

The 2024 European Parliament elections could see a major shift to the right in...

The 2024 European Parliament elections could see a major...

Farmers taking only quarter of CAP subsidies pocketed by Italians – Peter Agius

Malta farmers short-changed by low EU subsidies negotiated by government, leading to less land being tilled for agriculture

Malta farmers short-changed by low EU subsidies negotiated...

Equality milestone as EU disability card set to become a reality

Council and EU parliament agree on Commission proposal for EU-wide...

Council and EU parliament agree on Commission proposal...

EU steps up clean-tech industry rules but campaigners rue inclusion of carbon capture

Deal on plans to boost Europe’s Net-Zero technology production

Deal on plans to boost Europe’s Net-Zero technology...

Bananas that do not go brown: MEPs accused of scrapping rules on new GMOs

European Parliament votes for simpler process on new genomic techniques plants, and stronger labelling and traceability

European Parliament votes for simpler process on new...

YOUR VOTE COUNTS
[WATCH] Real stories of democracy: ‘Use your vote, or others will decide for you’
Watch the official video from the European Parliament kicking off the 2024 election campaign
Maltese voters have 39 candidates for Europe, 13 of which are independents
Maltese voters will select their next MEPs from the longest-ever list of candidates for the European Parliament